Thank you, Mr. Chair.
And thank you to our witnesses for coming in today.
I'll address my first question to Mr. Coutu.
Early in your statement you said that without developing the oil sands we'd have to import our oil. Considering we're doing a study on our energy security, I'm wondering if you could elaborate on that point a bit more. You referenced some numbers there--that if we do not develop we would have to import from other countries. I think you're probably the first witness so far to make reference to our own energy security, so I wonder if you could elaborate on that a little.