Natural Resources committee  There are opportunities within that sector, but also within other forms of energy generation. Even electricity generation and distribution is a very steel-intense activity. There's no single energy form, if it's going to grow in the country. We're not arguing for this versus that

Natural Resources committee  I did, yes.

Natural Resources committee  I don't think I could give that to you this morning. I could come back to you on that, if you wish.

Natural Resources committee  Yes. We're very aligned with what happens in manufacturing broadly, and we and CME actually are pretty eye-to-eye on a lot of these issues.

Natural Resources committee  No, energy more broadly. For example, as you know, Ontario's had a fairly substantial wind power project. Domestic companies have been very much a part of that as well. If you think of windmills, they're large steel structures, with a steel-reinforced base. So part of our energy

Natural Resources committee  I think the growth will be in both conventional, let's call it oil sands and shale, and all those oil and gas sectors will certainly be growing strongly—

Natural Resources committee  I must admit I haven't actually done the scenario analysis on that one. Seriously, the....

Natural Resources committee  No, I understand, so, let me try to answer that in a couple of different ways. The steel plants outside western Canada would be affected, because that is not the only part of their business but a growing part of their business. Why that also matters is that steel plants aren't i

Natural Resources committee  Potentially, but it would vary by producer. We have some producers very focused on other segments, but others who are almost exclusively focused on oil and gas.

Natural Resources committee  Certainly, because the steel business is one which has capital intent, so it's a volume-based business.

Natural Resources committee  As I was explaining, we see ourselves active in all four components of what we would consider to be an oil and gas development project. Different parts of our business will supply different components of those projects. The physical infrastructure above the ground, so to speak, i

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and good morning committee members and fellow witnesses. My name is Ron Watkins and I'm the president of the Canadian Steel Producers Association, which represents virtually all of the primary steel production and major steel pipe producers in Canada. We

Finance committee  First of all, it's at least five years, just to be clear on that. We start with the very fundamental premise that manufacturing remains important to the 21st century economy. There are still over two million Canadians employed in high-valued jobs across the country in a multitud

Finance committee  If I could comment briefly, first of all, I agree with the importance of exactly the point you're on, Mr. Brison. I don't know what the full solutions are. Part of it, I think, goes back to the high school years. It's making this seem like valuable, positive work going forward,

Finance committee  I apologize I wasn't ready a bit earlier. That's a multi-part question, really. I'll try briefly to address each of the components. First of all, with the respect to the importance of high-quality infrastructure, there's no question that's important to Canadian manufacturing bec