Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to my colleague, and thank you to our witnesses.
I don't want to take up a lot of time. My question is directed towards Mr. Howard and Mr. Van der Put.
Mr. Van der Put, I'm looking at the study that you've done and I've noted where the energy east project is. My question pertains to my riding. Line 9 goes right through my riding. The proposal is to reverse that line. A lot of that line goes through very productive class 1 farmland. The concern is that the pipeline is 38 years old and it would be carrying corrosive bitumen. We're concerned about the impact on our community.
I wonder if you could share the concern in regard to pipeline breakdown, leaks, and whether this concern in the community that pipelines are old and may not be reliable would potentially have an impact on your proposal.