Natural Resources committee  I think there is a natural synergy between renewable energy and natural gas, not only on what was discussed in terms of being the opportunity to balance renewables, but also in the longer term the opportunity is potentially to store renewables, whether it's this idea of power to

Natural Resources committee  Sure. I think we could be taking advantage of a couple of areas. One is some of the existing manufacturing we already have, and that's with some of the developments of wind energy that we've already seen in Quebec and Ontario in particular, but also in other parts of the country

Natural Resources committee  Thank you for having me. I think it's important that we make sure we take heed in not overrelying on a single resource, but I think we all would agree that there is an important role for developing Canada's fossil fuel resources. One of the big questions we have to answer is, to

Natural Resources committee  Absolutely. Particularly the cost of diesel fuel ultimately is in federal dollars, and as the member eloquently put it about improving efficiency, this is obviously another important area in these communities. However, on the renewable energy side as well, the policy that we've

Natural Resources committee  When it comes to efficiency, that is definitely one area that we seem to be lagging in. Part of that I think has to do with the fact that we have fairly cheap and abundant energy here and we don't use it perhaps as carefully as we need to. I think there are key things we could

Natural Resources committee  I'm not sure I can fairly answer the first question. I think CAPP might be in a better position to comment on some of the technologies that might have been exported. I want to say that important gains have been made, including in oil sands development, but as well in conventional

Natural Resources committee  Obviously the two are inextricable. You can't take them apart. They're part of the same equation. I also think the question that Canada needs to ask itself.... We've won the energy lottery at the end of the day, particularly as a country. We have so many resources. I think the qu

Natural Resources committee  Interestingly, one of the reasons I went to Rimouski was that at the time it was the only university in Canada that was offering research in wind energy at the Ph.D. level. That was only starting about eight years ago, so it shows that we have been a little bit behind when it com

Natural Resources committee  I'm sorry. I missed the title of the study.

Natural Resources committee  Sure. There were a couple of reports that were done. There was that one and I think one other one, either the year before or the year after—I can't remember—but they were ultimately comparing levels of investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency in Canada and the United

Natural Resources committee  Sure, I can. Yes.

Natural Resources committee  Thanks for the question. I appreciate the question. I think I can answer the two questions at the same time. Yes, obviously, we need all levels of government to be involved, but I think there is a particularly important role for the federal government because, as I suggested in

Natural Resources committee  There are three things we could be doing in the short term. One, and I'm harping on it again, is some sort of carbon price or some sort of signal that there will be a price on carbon. I don't think anyone.... Most people won't argue about that being probably the best place to sta

Natural Resources committee  The other two areas that I think are key opportunities, at least in the short term, would be around investments and power storage. This is going to be an exciting area for development. Canada actually stands in an interesting place, because we do have some difficulties in integ

Natural Resources committee  Thanks for having me on. I appreciate the invitation to be here today. I'm just going to quickly introduce the Pembina Institute so that you know who I am and the point of view I'm representing. We're a non-profit sustainable energy think tank. We're a non-partisan and independe