Thank you.
Thank you to both organizations for making your presentations today. The CAPP presentation I'm somewhat familiar with. I've met with representatives over the years.
To the CSA group, thank you for coming. Some of this is new to me.
I'm from the Northwest Territories and I've been watching as the economy has not been doing very well in the last while, and it's amazing what effect the price of oil and gas has on other sectors. The mining industry has seen the prices drop on their products there, and we're seeing other areas that have challenges.
I watch with interest as the rest of Canada talks about, if they had a pipeline, or if they had this piece of infrastructure, it would help them get the economy going. In the Northwest Territories we have a different challenge, and as I talk to the diamond mines they tell me that because there are lower prices, they need to produce more but they also need a better quality of diamond. The tourism industry is saying that, if they had a road, it would lower their costs and they would attract more tourists. That's what the mining industry is saying also.
We've just gone through a permitting process for a pipeline in the Northwest Territories, which took several years and a lot of money, only to see it sitting for I'm not sure how long, but that pipeline will probably never be built unless we see a road.
I'm really curious if you could talk, Mr. Ferguson, on how this government could invest in transportation infrastructure and how it could help all the sectors, but more specifically the oil and gas, because even if we do have a big find in the north, we can't get it out.