Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, witnesses, for being here today.
It is of course an unignorable fact that we're gathering here one business day after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the cornerstone piece of legislation governing the regulation of resource projects and its sweeping and wide net catching many other projects and intervening in jurisdictions.... We know that is the case today. It's inescapable that we have you here to answer questions in that context, which demonstrates just how much uncertainty has been created in the last eight years of this government.
Mr. Kruger, you mentioned that you have worked in 20 countries in your long career as an expert in this field. I wonder if you would expand on your perspective and your comments on the role of Canadian oil and gas in the world, Canada's opportunity both domestically and internationally and the importance of clarity and certainty for private sector proponents to meet those aims.