You've hit the nail right on the head, because I know that in Newfoundland and Labrador we have massive unemployment among trades workers. We have many Newfoundlanders flying back and forth to western Canada, Alberta and up north.
The workers are there, and they want to stay home. Grandparents want to see their grandkids stay in Newfoundland and not go away.
You mentioned the global energy supply and our obligation to our allies. I couldn't agree with you more. Our energy is located within one of the most politically stable countries in the world. Not many energy companies are as politically stable as the ones we have.
I have two questions there. Do you think that over the past 10 years we should have built pipelines and infrastructure offshore to get our energy going east and west, rather than leaving it in the ground and, as we have often heard from these Liberals, shutting down the oil fields by 2035, which to me seems outrageous and unfair to our allies as part of international NATO defence. Also, do you think we should even build more refineries and secondary processing in Canada to process our own resources here in Canada to supply our allies? To me, it seems like a win-win-win, but I wanted to see what your perspective was on that.