Good afternoon, everyone. We are here to continue our study on market diversification in the energy sector. We're looking at diversification in the markets that Canada does, and could, ship our product to. We're also looking at diversification in the products themselves, products that can be developed in Canada from these natural resources.
We sent the witnesses five or six questions for them to consider in making their presentations. I would encourage the witnesses, as much as possible, to try to deal with and answer those questions and, certainly, to stick to the topic of diversification in the energy sector.
With that, we'll get right to the presentations. Today at our committee, we have as an individual Dr. Jack Mintz, the director and Palmer Chair in Public Policy at the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary. We have from the Alberta Federation of Labour, Mr. Gil McGowan, the president. We have from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Scott Willis, the director of natural resources and environmental policy. We also have via video-conference from Stavanger, Norway, as an individual, Mr. Rolf Wiborg, an engineer.
Welcome to all of you. We'll have the presentations as much as possible in the order they appear on the list, starting with Dr. Mintz.
If you are ready to go ahead with your presentation, you have about seven minutes. Go ahead please, sir.