Natural Resources committee  It's definitely an economic benefit that's going to be realized, as Bill was saying, not only for the provinces but for the whole of Canada as well. Of course, with the oil pipelines out there today, everything has been painted with a black brush. The safety that goes into these pipelines, with the line break valves and the whole scenario in regard to putting these things in the ground, is way ahead of what it was 30 or 40 years ago.

Natural Resources committee  There are a couple of things behind that. I think basically what it boils down to is not knowing what the resources are that are up here and available to assist on any projects going forward. Probably the biggest thing in the gas industry that we find up here today is that it's the people who you know as far as engineering firms and contacts in the cities go.

Natural Resources committee  Yes, they do. Of course, when they're working and dealing with volumes, there are larger suppliers and people who look after that. That said, at the same time, when there are the resources available here and suppliers.... I can see pipe suppliers.... The resources that we don't have available here in the province of British Columbia, of course, are the rigs, the completion crews, and the fracking crews, and that probably makes up 75% of the pie, but for the rest, the 25% that we do have here, we have those resources available here, so we do, we can, and we will work with producers given the opportunity.

Natural Resources committee  Well, I'm wearing both hardhats here as far as Energy Services BC is concerned and my own business here in Fort St. John. Temporary foreign workers have been brought up. Where we're seeing more and more of it are in the areas of the retail outlets: the Tim Hortons, the A & Ws, the food chains, and stuff like that.

Natural Resources committee  I appreciate the question. As far as benefits that are realized up here in the north country, we know what we need and what's required with the shale gas plates that we are sitting on up here today. A lot of people live south of the mountains here in the province of British Columbia.

Natural Resources committee  I think a big part of it, as far as Petronas and Progress is concerned, Bob...and I know just on the outskirts of the Spectra stuff. But in terms of the proven reserves there and whatnot, with Petronas, Progress, Spectra, and stuff going forward to fill these lines to B.C. at the date...they're looking at long-term goals of 40 years, 50 years, and, like you say, 200 years.

Natural Resources committee  As far as employees are concerned, Bob, I'm running at about 125 to 150 employees right now up in this area. We're doing facility construction, pressure sites, plant sites, multi-well pads, modular construction.

Natural Resources committee  Well, the Alberta border is not very far away from us, of course, and it's in direct competition with us. We have a number of resources in the province of British Columbia, and with the exporters' and producers' head offices being in Alberta, a lot of the ground inspectors who do work here in the north don't realize the resources here that are available in the province of British Columbia.

Natural Resources committee  Good morning, and thank you for allowing Energy Services BC to be a part of the study of the cross-Canada benefits of developing the oil and gas industry of the energy sector. My name is Dave Turchanski, president of Energy Services BC. Energy Services BC is fuelling the future of B.C.'