Thanks, Chair.
Thanks to the witnesses.
I guess what we have to be critical of is that the assurances offered today probably sound pretty similar to the assurances offered in the gulf around British Petroleum's project. I'm sure they didn't imagine a blowout like the one that's occurred and their inability to stop the blowout. I'm sure all the things were tested and the regulations were in place.
What we have to get at is whether the situation is different. Does Canada have stronger regulations? Could a similar scenario happen for us?
Mr. Ruelokke, do we know what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico, particularly with regard to the BP spill?