Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'm sure that was an oversight by Mr. Cullen in his remarks.
Mr. Kinsley, it's nice to see you here today.
I want to try to focus and see whether I have it right on the exhaustive environmental review process that this has to go through before even one shovel goes into the ground for the pipeline.
But also, it's my understanding that the tanker ships we're talking about are beyond world class from the safety point of view, with double or triple hulls, compartmentalization, and every possible safety feature to guard against a major spill in the event of going onto a rock or something like that. Now, when you add to that the GPS technology, which I'm not an expert in either, I am led to understand that this can track a 400- or 500-foot ship within inches of where they are on their route. Then you add to that the tug boats, which will be mandatory to guide the ships out of the channels, and you add to that the commitment for the vastly increased spill response commitments that Enbridge is going to be obligated to commit to and to keep.
If some day the sky is going fall and the world is going to end, somehow, in this particular case, I think the likelihood of an accident—anything that it is presupposed could happen—is being looked after now, so that if, God forbid, anything ever does happen, and it may not ever, for sure....
But Mr. Cullen and Mr. Sterritt don't seem to recognize all of these precautions, processes, regulations, compliances, and obligations that are put in place before even one shovel goes into the ground, let alone one drop of oil.... Can you comment on this?
I'm sorry--I took too long.