Mr. Speaker, that was a very unusual interruption for private members' business.
In the last two and a half minutes I have left, I will speak about the misfortune that I mentioned in the Yiddish proverb.
Misfortune is connected together. It comes in a series. It sticks together. Oftentimes I have heard government caucus members saying things like “the previous government never built any pipelines to tidewater”. I want to address that.
Four major pipelines were built in North America, all of which eventually led to a coastal market. To say otherwise is like saying, “There are no flights from Calgary to Ottawa, so there are no direct flights from Calgary to Ottawa.” I suppose I can fly from Calgary to Toronto, then Toronto to Ottawa. I will get there. It is like saying there is no highway in the community I live in, completely ignoring the fact that I can take Auburn Bay Drive to get onto the on-ramp to get onto the highway. The same principle applies here.
Every major pipeline project built in Canada, including toward the United States for export, follows the exact same principle, whether it is Keystone XL, the TMX Anchor Loop, or Enbridge's Line 3. All of them eventually lead to a coastal market, because most of North America's refineries are located on a coast, and a great deal of them are located in Texas.
Speaking of Texas, next year Texas is on track to become the largest producer of oil in the world. Next year Texas will also build more kilometres of pipeline than the rest of the United States and Canada combined. That is just one state, and it is about to achieve what I would call energy dominance in North America.
Those are the facts, and now we have this piece of legislation before us that will add more misfortune to Canada's energy industry.