Mr. Moore, I really appreciate some of the comments that you've made. I've read your two reports, “Risky Business: The Issue of Timing, Entry and Performance in the Asia-Pacific LNG Market” and your national strategy paper.
I come from Cariboo-Prince George and I'm a proud B.C.er. In British Columbia we have some incredible LNG projects that would have far-reaching national implications.
All of the witnesses and our guests today talked about the competitive advantage that Canada has, but we also have a timing issue. As Mr. Elgie mentioned, we need to get some pipelines approved right away. We have hundreds of thousands of Canadians who are out of work.
But Mr. Moore, more to the LNG, we have one of the largest potential investment projects in British Columbian history, possibly even in Canadian history, which some have estimated could see us benefiting from up to $32 trillion in economic benefits to our GDP and the Canadian government. The British Columbian government has developed an LNG strategy with goal of having three LNG facilities in operation by 2020. Can you talk to me a little bit about the impact on jobs and economic growth in Canada if we are able to export liquefied natural gas overseas?