I want first to acknowledge the innovation within Alberta. People forget that it was actually innovation that led to the development of the oil sands in the first place, and no one on the other side of the House, in questions to me or, as far as I know, to anybody else, has brought up the work of COSIA, the Canadian Oil Sands Innovation Alliance, which is this group of leaders within the oil and gas sector in Alberta who have joined together and have put aside competitive pressures. These are people who are in the same business, competing for the same markets, who are working together, with considerable R and D investment, in order to assist in the transition that everybody knows is a reality internationally and within Canada itself.
I have a lot of faith in the entrepreneurship of Albertans and of Canadians. They've demonstrated it before and they continue to demonstrate it now. We will be making important investments in green technology. It's a campaign platform commitment. We will be working with industry, sector by sector. We'll certainly be working with these entrepreneurs and innovators in Alberta. By the way, people shouldn't forget that when the NDP Premier of Alberta announced her climate change plan, she was flanked by four leaders within the oil and gas sector in Alberta, to the surprise of some, and an indigenous leader. You would think that much other good could come of that kind of sectoral, indigenous, and political movement at the same time and in a similar direction.
Clarity in the principles is what we will do in the interim process, and I am convinced that the capacity of the sector to adapt to international and domestic changes in policy and in commodity prices will position us very well internationally to take advantage of those changes as they develop.