Finance committee  I have not seen a call for membership or anything in that regard. What would a normal member constitute? Would it be just the average citizen who reads about your work and wants to participate?

Finance committee  Again, those organizations would be active in places like, let's just say, Africa, so they have advocacy at the government level to make sure their programs are carried out. Is that a fair analysis?

Finance committee  I've been to a number of African countries, so I'm familiar with those programs. That's good to know. Mr. Neuheimer, you've had a lot of the floor this morning. I was looking for the article but couldn't find it. Is there a crash in lumber prices in the United States? I thought

Finance committee  Thank you, Chair. How much time do I have?

Finance committee  Thank you. I have to tell you, the petroleum industry certainly has a different tone from when I was in government and you came to visit us at that time. It was more your having asked...to assist you, to develop the oil sands. It seems like you're on your heels and I can underst

Finance committee  In essence, then, you are funded by governments. I find that a little odd. I see the industry coming here to the finance committee to enhance their industry and to maybe build our economies, and we have a government agency that's on the attack, as it were. Is that not just a litt

Finance committee  Mr. Reilly-King, where does your funding come from?

Finance committee  Thank you. Mr. Lansbergen, do you represent the freshwater fisheries as well? You're aware that my riding has the largest freshwater fishing port in the world. I'm going to brag about that for a second. However, there is some initiative being taken right now for the basin of wes

Finance committee  Thank you.

Finance committee  Thank you all for being here. Tim, you've been here a long time—as long as I've been here. I can remember your advocating for the gas industry back when there were concerns about our fuel, our oil. We talked about peak oil at the time. Of course, with the advent of fracking, we

Finance committee  It's under $4. That's an incredible news story. There were some advancements made, and our government was a strong advocate for the gas. We wanted to see that happen in the private sector. I remember the trucks coming up from Robert company in Montreal. How is that initiative

Finance committee  We talk about the opportunities. I remember at the time that there was such a demand for liquefied natural gas. After the earthquake, of course, the Japanese were hungry for our product. What's the situation on the west coast as far as the natural gas being able to be exported?

Finance committee  You and I have had some private conversations in that regard, and we've moved those forward to the government as well. You made a submission to Finance a number of years ago for the distribution of gas to the northern communities. Is that initiative being entertained by the gov