Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to take my questions on a little bit of a different tack here. I'm going to be talking to you, Mr. Mintz and Mr. Moore.
Some of the arguments we've heard here have seemed to indicate that Canada should be focusing primarily on securing its own domestic supply, which means that every molecule of hydrocarbons in Canada that's consumed by Canadians should be produced here in Canada, rather than importing, as we currently do on the east coast, rather than focusing on our export opportunities off the west coast, say into the Asian marketplace.
From an economic impact analysis, Mr. Mintz, Mr. Moore, have you looked at that? Would that be sound government intervention into what is currently market-driven decision-making policies by the free market, or is that something the government should stay out of? Is it something we should be looking at as part of a national energy strategy?