Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you to all the panellists for participating today.
First of all, I want to thank Pembina for the reality check on the biofuels announcement. It may do a number of things in terms of agriculture and clean air. I know I've had this discussion with Mr. Teneycke and I'm not sure he agrees with me entirely, but I think we need to understand that in terms of greenhouse gas reductions, it's not a panacea, to say the least.
I want to congratulate Pembina on the work they're doing on the oil sands too. They need to keep that up. I think we need to depoliticize that issue and deal with it as intelligent and mature Canadians.
Nonetheless, I have a question on the freeze, if that's the correct word; I know the terminology is nuanced from time to time. The freezing of the ethanol expansion program by this government, coupled with this government's statement that they want to move to biofuels and these ethanol targets, seems somewhat contradictory, in my judgment. On the one hand, let's move to a world with ethanol-based fuels, biofuels, and biodiesel, but let's freeze the ethanol expansion program.
Do you see any inconsistency in that? How would you react? Mr. Row, Mr. Teneycke, and anyone who wants to may answer.