Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank the witnesses. I think you and the other folks who have come before the committee here are making this well worth our while, so it's been a good set of hearings, and that's continuing today.
I want to talk a little bit about market diversification. Mr. Mintz, I think you wrote on December 16 in the Financial Post that:
It is certainly in Canada's geopolitical interest not to depend on a single energy market...which can take advantage of a monopsonist position as the sole buyer for our product.
...it is politically and strategically wise to look for alternative routes to deliver oil and natural gas....
I'm just wondering if you were interested in expanding on that statement and maybe talking a little bit about the impact of returns and jobs and opportunity, as a couple of the other witnesses referred to.