Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  You're referring to shale gas in particular?

Natural Resources committee  When you say “we invest”, do you mean government incentives?

Natural Resources committee  I think if we have a group of individuals who oppose development, then it's up to the local government to determine the best way to go ahead and to try to get the parties together to resolve a solution. We've seen different approaches in recent years. For example, with the Mack

Natural Resources committee  To examine the benefits of increased hydroelectric development in Quebec and compare that to the benefits of shale gas development, the two options, two possibilities, for reducing the dependence on imported crude oil into eastern Canada, is not something we've done at the Fraser

Natural Resources committee  It would be an interesting study to do, yes.

Natural Resources committee  I think in my remarks looking at non-market barriers, I was simply observing that if we have, and where we have, land claims issues, we need to resolve those. I think a greater effort needs to be made to ensure that they are resolved in a reasonable amount of time; otherwise the

Natural Resources committee  Yes. On the question of subsidies, certainly the Fraser Institute position would be that subsidies on all forms of energy should be removed so that there's a level playing field and resources, including renewable resources, get developed on their economic merit. Is that suffici

Natural Resources committee  The position of the Fraser Institute would be that regulation that is needed is important and protection of the environment is important. That's the bottom line. Regulation, however, needs to be as efficient as possible and needs to be changed in accordance with technologies and

Natural Resources committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for the opportunity to speak about the Fraser Institute's research pertaining to energy security and how it relates to the committee's study. I understand that the study includes reviewing the r