Maybe I can refocus the conversation.
I think we all need to agree on a few basic facts. The Canadian oil and gas sector is the heartbeat of the Canadian economy. It generates $100 billion of GDP per year and is roughly 25% of our net exports. That's the basis.
It is true that your province is an excellent example of how economic benefits can generate and flow through to their citizens. When I think of other provinces that are not adopting this and have significant onshore natural gas shale deposits north of one of the largest export markets on the planet, perhaps they could be doing better.
In the world that I envision in the next several years, Canadian companies are not going onshore. Again, we have the luxury of having a lot of different, good projects to go after, specifically in the oil sands and some conventional oil projects. I can envision a world in the next couple of years where the future of this sector is offshore. It will be the oil sands and will be offshore. I see a very optimistic future for us.
