First of all, I want to express my support for Mr. Julian's amendment. I think it's a good amendment. If you're going to study something you should study everything, all of the benefits, and not only the benefits but also the liabilities that flow from the resource itself and from energy resources generally. In principle it's certainly a good motion.
I also wanted to apologize to the witnesses. I would like to think that this was an exception. Regrettably, it's not an exception to the use and abuse of a committee by the Conservative government. As you can see, the Conservatives wish to call Mr. McGuinty and Mr. Trudeau as witnesses on an economic study, neither of whom have any discernible expertise in the area.