First of all, I'd like to thank all of you for coming and taking time out of your schedules. Along with the chair, I, too, apologize for the fact that we were late getting started today.
I want to lead off by talking a little about something you put in one of your slides, which is that the oil and gas sector is a key pillar in the Canadian economy, representing close to 8% of Canada's GDP and $137 billion in exports.
I think you know that the spirit of this study is definitely along the lines of looking to see how we can help position this sector to move forward in a collaborative fashion to allow for its development at a time when it seems to be struggling.
My first question for you both is how do you feel that government involvement in clean technology can help generate opportunity and job creation in both the natural resource and technology sectors?