Still on the same subject, Ms. Krause, there are some things in your report that I don't quite understand. As you know, the Americans need our oil. US companies come to Canada to invest and some Americans criticize the use of this oil for other reasons. They are within their right to do so.
You stated that at some point, these people wind up painting themselves into a corner. Don't you think that if companies spend large amounts of risk capital improving their techniques, conducting research, developing new procedures and so forth...At some point, these companies have invested so much money in this venture that they have in fact “painted themselves into a corner“ and can no longer consider developing other forms of energy. That is not their role either, but governments have a stake in this. So then, at some point, everyone finds themselves “painted into a corner“, and things are at an impasse.