Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Yes, that is my understanding of this as well.
Mr. Simard, I certainly appreciate your desire to talk about things for the benefit of the people of Alberta, whom I represent. This is a cross-Canada issue. I feel that your proposed amendment to study the energy transition is such a large issue that it could really be the subject of a substantial study by this committee on its own. My effort to put this subamendment forward was not to take away from your desire to discuss the energy transition, but it was merely meant to focus the debate in the context of the rest of the motion, which is in discussions of the pipelines.
I certainly think that my revised wording, and I hope you will agree, is entirely within subject for us to call witnesses forward to talk about the energy transition in the context of the cancellation of the pipeline. I hope you will reconsider and support this important subamendment, which I feel accomplishes both our ends while keeping this debate on the narrow context. Perhaps at a later time, as this committee should deem, we will have that important study on the energy transition as you have requested.
Thank you, Mr. Simard, and thank you, committee.