I thank my colleague for his open-mindedness, but it doesn't reflect the intent behind the original amendment. Upon re-reading the amendment, I'm thinking that it might have been preferable to read it as follows: “the transition of the energy sector.”
I moved this amendment because I believe we need to think about the transition of the Alberta economy, among other things, and the end of Keystone XL is a time when we can do this.
How can we redefine Alberta's economy? We had an example of this when we did a study on the forestry sector. It was said that Alberta still had considerable expertise in chemical engineering, and that these engineers could be redirected to the bio-economy. I'll give you a simple example.
The purpose of the amendment as I had worded it was to permit, in the context of Mr. McLean's motion, a study of the transition of the Alberta economy. What Mr. Lloyd is proposing is not in keeping with my intention.