I haven't spoken to this yet, so I thought I'd just briefly explain my reason for voting no on this motion.
I would like to support, and I do support, the workers in Alberta. I gave a speech at the emergency debate around Keystone XL, explaining why building this pipeline, other than.... Mr. Lloyd mentioned the workers who have unfortunately lost their jobs through the pipeline construction phase of this. Beyond that, there is just no indication at all that building this pipeline would by itself solve the problems of the oil industry in Canada.
I would strongly support Monsieur Simard's idea to have a study on this great transition, because that's what we need to help the workers in Alberta, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. They would get that help more quickly than if we tried to support, and kept supporting, the oil industry instead of moving towards this transition. I feel that we would not be doing them a service by doing this, because this pipeline, were it to move ahead, just wouldn't provide any more jobs in the oil industry in Alberta.
What we need is to make that transition. That's why I think this committee would be better placed to study those issues rather than try to convince the American government to change its mind on this.