Natural Resources committee  Our figures from 2004 to 2005, again from independent sources, and again from the Pembina Institute, show that 6.2 barrels of water were being used by Syncrude for production of each barrel of oil. Obviously there are some differences of opinion there. Obviously there needs to be

Natural Resources committee  I'm sorry. I may have used the word “lake” in the wrong sense there. I was talking about tailing ponds as if they were lakes. They're huge repositories of contaminated water that now need to be processed and brought back to life again, if they can be. We're hearing about new tech

Natural Resources committee  Mr. McCullum was up there many times. I was up there part-time.

Natural Resources committee  First of all, on the Athabasca River, I didn't say that 66% was being used. I said that government policy—this is Alberta—is to allocate up to 66% of the Athabasca River flows or sources to the oil sands development. I was making a comparison between 37% of all fresh water source

Natural Resources committee  I just want to reaffirm the line of questioning you started out with. A lot has certainly happened with these three companies, Syncrude and Suncor, in particular, if you take it from the early stages right through to the present time. They've done a lot of pioneering work. They'

Natural Resources committee  That's the trucks.

Natural Resources committee  We're based here in Ottawa. The sources of funding for the institute come mainly from foundations. And for this report itself, it came from all three organizations that co-sponsored that report, namely the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, the Parkland Institute, and the P

Natural Resources committee  Yes.

Natural Resources committee  No.

Natural Resources committee  No. The only question I would ask is whether or not there is an independent process at all at work, both on monitoring and in terms of looking at the overall reclamation process. It's very interesting, the process you go through to reach the point of getting a reclamation certifi

Natural Resources committee  I didn't say that we should automatically cut back. I was saying that we need to develop an energy policy and strategy that is truly a made in Canada one, recognizing what our short-term and long-term needs are, and re-examining certain traps that we fall into, such as the propor

Natural Resources committee  It could.

Natural Resources committee  I fully recognize the implications of your question with regard to the Middle East and the question of instability in general with regard to access to secure supplies of oil. And clearly, from the United States' standpoint, from Washington's standpoint, having access to Canadian

Natural Resources committee  I'm sorry. Very briefly, I have no doubt that the reclamation projects are initiated. It's what we don't know about reclamation projects that I would hope the committee would take into consideration. There are many ecologists who have been examining the reclamation projects, the

Natural Resources committee  I don't exactly know, except that Alberta has been surpassing Ontario as the largest greenhouse gas emitter. Within that context, the tar sands are becoming number one.