Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm somewhat going to go along the same lines. I'm going from the foundation or the basis that there was in fact a moratorium in place since 1985, albeit a voluntary moratorium.
As I said to the delegations that showed up earlier, from my past experience in the municipal sector, one of the things we did very diligently was ensure that we had proper strategies, land use planning, proper asset management strategies, and cost-benefit revenue analyses done. I fully appreciate the comments by Ms. Clayton earlier with respect to going down that road and really giving an opinion based on those analyses and strategies and that planning. I appreciate those comments.
That said, in June 2014 it was reported that the federal government had agreed to the northern gateway pipeline and that in fact it would be built. Following that, I believe it was a year later, the approval was then overturned based on lack of consultation by the previous government.
The theme today is somewhat around consultation. Going back to that date, were you actually consulted with during that process, recognizing your land use plans, your asset management strategies, as well as any cost-benefit analysis you might have had in place at that very time?
That question could go to any one of you.