Natural Resources committee  Thank you for your question. I touched briefly on the need for a responsible energy policy to go—again, in the chamber's view—hand in hand with market diversification. In a former life, I was a climate negotiator for the Canadian government. When you travel internationally, you

Natural Resources committee  I'm not sure I know enough about the provincial and territorial circumstances of the Yukon to weigh in knowledgeably about it.

Natural Resources committee  Is the point job creation or is the point security of electricity and energy supply?

Natural Resources committee  I'll keep my remarks fairly brief. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce views the skills crisis facing the Canadian economy right now as the single biggest challenge facing the country. Nowhere is that problem more acute than in Alberta. I think there are opportunities to be found

Natural Resources committee  Yes, that would pose some constitutional issues. I have a great deal of respect for...but if you can divorce the Norwegian model.... In Norwegian politics, people don't have a problem enacting public policy that stings a little bit, that actually has sufficient traction to chan

Natural Resources committee  Well, it could be. But it is obviously the biggest challenge facing your jurisdiction with respect to....

Natural Resources committee  I didn't have anything of substance to add.

Natural Resources committee  I certainly don't think so, no.

Natural Resources committee  In the interest of brevity, no, I don't think so.

Natural Resources committee  To be completely honest, I think Gil might have a more interesting response than I do. The chamber certainly believes that there are options that would be in Canada's best interest, both in terms of market diversification and product diversification, whether that's moving some

Natural Resources committee  I think there's certainly a regulatory role, but I believe there's also a role to act as convenor. The case has been made that regardless of what we're exporting, it is in Canada's national interest to export to more than only one country. If there's a role for the federal govern

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Members of the standing committee, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the opportunity to address you here today. I'm here on behalf of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Canada's largest industry association. We speak for 450 local chambers and boards of t