Thank you very much.
Mr. McGowan, I'll ask you a few questions. I noted from your testimony, as a proud Albertan that you claim you are, that you thought that perhaps the royalty regime in Alberta was ineffectual and wasn't producing the results you hoped. My colleagues to my immediate left here from Saskatchewan, Mr. Anderson and Mr. Trost, were giddy at the suggestion, because I think that was tried here a little while ago by Premier Stelmach, who had a majority government in Alberta and couldn't survive as the leader of his own party during the tenure of that majority because of some of the mistakes he made and some of the flip-flops in the decisions that he made. One of them, notably, was royalties.
I also noticed in your testimony that you used the word “I” a lot, which leads me to believe that the testimony that you brought here today are your opinions and your opinions only, unless of course you're speaking on behalf of the Alberta Federation of Labour. I would simply ask you, sir, are these opinions actually a consensus among your union membership, or are these simply your opinions?