Industry committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Hello. It is a great pleasure to be here with you, this morning, virtually. Thank you, committee members, for having me today, and to MP Michael Kram. Thank you for the invitation to appear before the committee. Mr. Kram, you are right to pay

Industry committee  Obviously—and I referenced this in my remarks—we can balance our budget in large measure because of the upswing that we're now seeing in resource prices. It's not only in oil and gas, of course, but in uranium and potash. We really are poised here in Saskatchewan to be a critical

Industry committee  Depending on the year, it has been in the hundreds of millions of dollars, which impacts everything—schools, social services, highways and hospitals. It has an enormous impact. When you add in all resource revenues across the board—potash, uranium and the rest—that is what drives

Industry committee  I do absolutely, and I would highlight that in, for example, the area in the southeast that is transitioning off coal. Obviously there are very strict mandates now on that transition. There's a huge impact on those communities, and they haven't been consulted at all. It's a very

Industry committee  —with federal ministers to try to truly be consulted, but that has not happened.

Industry committee  Well, at the very least, it ought to be an honourable one. I think where you have, as I say, communities in which mortgages are plummeting, where there's an incredible sense of helplessness, those people in the southeast who are experiencing transition in real time will tell you

Industry committee  —so by all means, I believe that is part of being an honourable partner within the federation, and absolutely there has to be more than just words about consultation; it has to be truly carried out. The area around Coronach and the southeast is a living example of that.

Industry committee  I would say that this is easier said than done. Consultation means one thing to one person and something different to another. I would say to ask the people in Coronach whether they were consulted.

Industry committee  I also think one has to be aware of.... We often talk about the Paris Agreement. We talk about mandates to meet things. How do the people in Coronach feel when they're being mandated off coal and Germany's ramping it up? There is an enormous amount of cynicism that cannot be unde

Industry committee  They see that and they are deeply cynical. I guess I would say that if you're going to propose a bill like this that actually talks about building a green economy on the Prairies without asking the Prairies, perhaps you should start with that consultation. To a certain extent her

Industry committee  We were disappointed. Mr. Buffet's decision played a role, as did Quebec, and I understand that reality. Many people were in favour of it, as you know, but it was Quebec's decision. The passage of Bill 59 also had an impact. I understand, of course, that this was a joint resul

Industry committee  I'm going to answer this in English, if I may. I think there are so many funds, if we're talking about funds that we can access as provinces, like innovation funds. For example, the one that I mentioned that's over $100 million.... Honestly, one loses track of some of these nam

Industry committee  All right. Thank you.

Industry committee  I guess it makes me very nervous. I find the bill so general. On the earlier question about consultation, I don't know how you can possibly have a full consultation or collaboration if you speed up. How do you build a green economy in 12 months in the areas that are being listed

Industry committee  I don't think there's much knowledge about the bill. Mr. Carr was quite clear that there hadn't been consultation on this bill previous to its being introduced by him. If I'm understanding him correctly, the consultation would begin following the introduction of the bill. There