Natural Resources committee  Absolutely. Enbridge is a transportation company. Think of it as a trucking company without the wheels and tires. It's a pipeline. They need to get the product that they've contracted for from a producer to a customer. Every drop has to get there. That's how shareholder value is

Natural Resources committee  The numbers are huge, but the one that's closest to my heart relates to local government. The local government taxation—municipal taxes—to pay for municipal services such as solid-waste management, 9-1-1 response, regional parks, and all of those kinds of things, will be in the n

Natural Resources committee  Mr. Chairman, if I have the leeway, I could comment on the industry, because also in my previous life I was in the pipeline industry and a construction superintendent for northern British Columbia with BC Gas. Everything has changed. For the pipe integrity, right from the facto

Natural Resources committee  Well, yes and no. As you can appreciate, Mayor Rogers was on my council with me for nine years. What I would say to that is that I don't see it as public relations; I see it as public information so that mayors such as Mayor Rogers, the mayor of Dawson Creek, and the mayor of Pri

Natural Resources committee  The community advisory boards have been in existence--and I think they're on round seven--for about a year and a half. Just to correct you, Mr. Cullen, that was not the mayor of Kitimat. The mayor is Joanne Monaghan. That was a—

Natural Resources committee  I thought you said the mayor.

Natural Resources committee  Yes, I heard that, but then—

Natural Resources committee  —I thought you said the mayor of Kitimat. That's Randy Halyk. He sat on the board. That's a personal decision of his to remove...and those are his thoughts.

Natural Resources committee  On our oil, it's our only marketplace: 99% of our oil goes there.

Natural Resources committee  That's correct. That's right.

Natural Resources committee  No. there's a general theme that has been brought to my attention—because I actually have an e-mail address as the chair of the alliance—with some claims and stuff that, in my view, are wrong.

Natural Resources committee  I would understand that once the product, any product, is put on a ship, it becomes the responsibility of the shipper.

Natural Resources committee  That's right.

Natural Resources committee  But under this proposal, Enbridge will vet who those carriers are. They'll have to meet the standards set out by Canada and Enbridge before that product could be put on the ships.

Natural Resources committee  A lot.