Transport committee  I'm not aware of how they came up with that number. That was Transport Canada.

Transport committee  Natural Resources Canada has funded research by technology developers to look at improving, for example, skimming technology for higher-viscosity oils, which diluted bitumen would be.

Transport committee  I'm aware of studies being done by pipeline companies on oil spill behaviours and technologies to address oil spills, but I don't know the exact details. However, as I said, they are doing some work in that area.

Transport committee  That's beyond me.

Transport committee  It's not NRCan, no.

Transport committee  Tankers are not my expertise, but I quickly googled it today. Any tanker that is made for petroleum products.... As I understand, there are two types. One type carries crude oil, and one carries refined products. I imagine it would be one of the refined product tankers. The size

Transport committee  Any crude oil that's entering Canadian waters is a persistent oil, whether it's coming up the eastern coast of the U.S. or from wherever. I don't know what oils are being imported, but if it's a crude oil, it's persistent.

Transport committee  That's not in my area of expertise.

Transport committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee. I am pleased to be here, along with my colleague Christine Siminowski, to represent Natural Resources Canada, together with colleagues from other federal departments. Natural Resources Canada seeks to enhance the development