Thank you very much.
Mr. Chair, you and I attended OSCE meetings in the U.K. this summer, where food security, energy security and Russia's invasion of Ukraine were uppermost in the minds of the parliamentarians who were there.
Mr. Minister, although European politicians might have disagreed on the solutions, certainly the urgency was never questioned. To that end, my question relates to Canada's ability to engage globally in the quest to get ethically produced hydrocarbons to countries that are desperately seeking our natural resources.
It does seem as though we have more or less said that we won't worry about oil and gas, but we will take a push on some of the new technologies. Of course, since we've handcuffed ourselves, I don't think we have much of a choice.
There's also that nagging question of whether the Prime Minister and your ministry now recognize the business case for LNG to Europe and Asia. I know that was one thing that had been stated. There was no push-back from your government when the Biden administration arbitrarily cancelled Keystone XL, but now, of course, U.S. refineries are being filled with Venezuelan crude.
I'm trying to find out where you think Canada fits into this. I've read your mandate letter. I was on the environment committee before this, and I don't really see much difference between the mandate letter for environment and the mandate letter for natural resources. Perhaps I'll have to go to the industry mandate letter to see whether or not there's something that speaks to the actual strengths we have in the country.
Could you comment on where you feel we are at this point in time and how we're going to become the global player that we so proudly have been for decades?