Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, witnesses, for your testimony today.
I'll go back and focus on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. That's why we are here.
I'll frame my questions around three themes. The first is the economic benefit we've been talking about, but in a bit of a different way. I'd also like to get some sense of the investment being made in clean energy, especially carbon capture. Thirdly, when I get some more time, I want to talk about the safety aspect of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
I'm going to start with Mr. Sproule.
Can you give me some idea about economic benefits and whether they hit our GDP at the national level? We have an almost $3-trillion economy now. Talk about the jobs this pipeline will create and the trade surplus we've been experiencing, specifically the indirect, downstream impacts. Finally, talk about the benefit of the contracts being awarded to indigenous businesses.
Can you give us some indicators around that?