Madam Speaker, the member talked a lot about the economic benefits of the oil and gas industry, but one of the big concerns for me and other Canadians is the economic cost. We have the cost of climate change, of course, and the cost of health care. We just had a report showing that the health care cost for Canadians from the air pollution caused by burning fossil fuels totally negates the actual economic benefits.
There is also the cost of cleanup. The oil sands cleanup, according to documents from the Alberta energy regulator, will cost between $130 billion and $260 billion. The cost of orphan well cleanup will be between $40 billion and $70 billion. That is a total of $300 billion.
Why should we be celebrating all those costs that the industry has put on the taxpayers of Canada?