Natural Resources committee  Can I just add one comment on that?

Natural Resources committee  I think one of the pieces around that is that governments—and I say “governments” because we operate right across Canada—and the way they operate are very siloed as well. As you develop policies, if it's not holistically looking, it accumulates cost on industry. That's what we're

Natural Resources committee  We've decreased our workforce by about 1,000. That is pretty substantial and we don't do that lightly. We've been looking at ways of improving our productivity through a number of different mechanisms. We've been on this journey since a few years prior to the decrease of oil, but

Natural Resources committee  I would say our investment and innovation have not really changed a whole lot, even in the downturn. Part of our innovation philosophy is that we have to innovate. Our company was the founder in the oil sands. The only way we've gotten to where we are today is through innovation.

Natural Resources committee  In the case of the oil sands, they are long-term assets. Fort Hills and many of our assets are more than 50 years old. Working with communities and working with the aboriginal communities is a huge opportunity for us as well as for the communities. Reiterating the comments that G

Natural Resources committee  My name is Ginny Flood. I'm the vice-president, government relations, with Suncor Energy, and I am based in Calgary. Thank you very much for the opportunity to present today, and good morning to everyone. I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today on behalf of Sunco