Natural Resources committee  I would say that they all are, yes.

Natural Resources committee  They're needed. Yes.

Natural Resources committee  I have long been an advocate for making sure that whatever we're doing in oil sands development, the community keeps pace with that. We're still short of land and we're still short of road capacity at the largest point. We've made huge advances in a lot of the planning during the more recessionary times.

Natural Resources committee  It has been too fast in the past, yes.

Natural Resources committee  But we have remedied some of that.

Natural Resources committee  I think the biggest...[Inaudible--Editor] comes from the cost of the commodity, the value that can be received from the development, whether it's profitable and the extent of that profit. The goal and the demand are not diminishing. Right now we're producing about 1.5 million barrels a day.

Natural Resources committee  There have been trial balloons floated. It doesn't give people a warm, fuzzy feeling. I'm not one who has an opinion one way or the other. I think the unfortunate incident in Japan has really put a damper on it. When you have countries like Germany eliminating nuclear, it doesn't seem there will be a huge appetite left.

Natural Resources committee  They're access to land, improved transportation, and the labour supply that will be constrained in the future....

Natural Resources committee  Yes, repeatedly. However, I have really evolved my thoughts on that. Companies have a responsibility to pay their taxes and their royalties, and if we're not charging enough for that, then that's our own silly fault as governments, frankly. So in my community I have raised my tax rates coming from industry to the point that I can maintain a healthy balance, I believe, in the community for the expenses borne by homeowners versus industry and versus the commercial interest.

Natural Resources committee  As a community, it's things like housing, road capacity, health care, schools—

Natural Resources committee  No, I'm afraid I don't. I know that increasing the capacity coming into the region is an important thing. In the past, we've actually had a number of operators with cogeneration facilities, who actually take care of their needs that way. Some are burning byproducts in their processing to create the heat they need.

Natural Resources committee  We have not, but if there's a genuine appetite for it, we'd be happy to take that on.

Natural Resources committee  As a community?

Natural Resources committee  I'm sure we could, yes.

Natural Resources committee  I don't believe any contributions for the capital project have come in. No.