Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I think the short answer to the question is no. That would imply that the federal government has the capacity to take a natural resource and direct its end use. Mr. Lunn has made it very clear that this federal government has no intention of taking control of the natural resources, which are the responsibility of the provinces. There are a variety of federal powers that are brought to bear on natural resources, but how they're treated is not one of them.
Having said that—