Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank all of you for coming here and taking time in your schedule. We were late, but I think it was for a fantastic reason, and as parliamentarians we will probably all remember the time we had in the House today.
It's great to have a fellow Albertan here. Ms. McDonald, thank you very much for coming and bringing this crazy weather.
I was happy to see in your report something that we do a very poor job of as a government, and in industry for that matter. For example, the Prime Minister is going to Washington this week and will talk as a guest speaker with a group that calls our oil industry and our energy sector dirty business. The information you have reiterates the fact that we have among the cleanest energy sectors in the world. Here I look at the 30% reduction in GHGs since 1990.
I'm sure, Nicole, you may want to touch on this as well if you have a chance, or if my colleagues have a chance to go to see the oil sands in northern Alberta.
There are no tailing ponds anymore, and there are no flare stacks. However, we do a horrible job in telling the story that we have in our energy sector.
What kind of time is taken in your department in marketing these kinds of statistics? I know you can't speak for what the Prime Minister will be doing in Washington in this week, but I think a big change for us would be to tell this story of Canada's record in innovation and environmental stewardship. Is there anything going on toward marketing these numbers?