Just to clarify, sir, the LNG plant would not be in our area. It would be in the northwest of B.C., around 1,200 kilometres away from us. We are on the supply side, supplying natural gas to the LNG plant. Everything has been laid out. The community of Prince Rupert already knows how many people would be hired. They have been preparing for this. They even put out an ad hoping the approval was going to happen last March 22, sir, before it was delayed.
Progress Energy, the biggest upstream industry in northern B.C., was also prepared. They had a budget of $5 billion over the next three years. Since there was a delay, and also because of the low price of natural gas, they scrapped it. That $5 billion could have been used to finance exploration and job creation. They merely replaced it with $500 million over two years. That $500 million is just enough to sustain a few operations they have, but not enough to create jobs.
Thank you, sir.