Finance committee  That's a difficult question to answer. I would say that at the current market price, there are very few fields in western Canada that are competitive at $30. If we do not see a significant turnaround in terms of overall commodity pricing, this is just not a sustainable business i

Finance committee  Good afternoon. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before the House of Commons finance committee. Your job is to recommend to the government measures that will strengthen the economy. I can do that for you in two sentences. We want a government that will defend and promote

Finance committee  Those types of questions are the reason why I brought Doug. Do you want to address that?

Finance committee  The answer is yes.

Finance committee  Anything we can do to encourage drilling for natural gas is good for our association and our members.

Finance committee  Absolutely.

Finance committee  Absolutely.

Finance committee  That would be in eastern Canada?

Finance committee  We do absolutely; in some cases we're paying the Brent price.

Finance committee  It's a huge revenue loss for industry and government.

Finance committee  Well, I'll agree with your calculation in the premise of the statistic that you're showing, but—

Finance committee  Well, the Northern Gateway pipeline would allow us to get international pricing for our commodities, and that certainly is going to be beneficial to all Canadians.

Finance committee  That's income that we can put into different social programs and other things that run our country.

Finance committee  Absolutely.

Finance committee  In particular, if the United States becomes energy sufficient and secure, it certainly is going to be a huge problem for Canadian crude producers.