Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Earlier, Mr. McKenzie, you ended your answer to my question by talking about the competitiveness of the oil and gas sector. If I understand correctly, you're in favour of a carbon tax, as long as it can be combined with the competitiveness of the oil and gas sector.
Currently, in the context of the climate crisis, most large companies are aware that we need carbon pricing, so there's a bit of a lag.
You may have seen my colleague Ms. Stubbs' motion earlier. Some people see carbon pricing as a plague. I heard the Leader of the Opposition say that teachers in Alberta were quitting because schools could no longer be heated. I heard the leader of the official opposition say that nurses in Alberta were quitting because hospitals could no longer be heated. Personally, I wonder whether this verbal outburst is serving the people in the oil and gas sector.
Isn't there a disconnect between the oil industry, on the one hand, which is trying to implement measures like the Pathways Alliance and update its practices to reduce its carbon footprint, and the Conservative Party, on the other, which is even more pro-oil than the industry itself?