Environment committee  Yes, we would have concerns. I think that would drive investment in petrochemical facilities and other facilities into other jurisdictions, just because of the uncertainty. The manufacturing would still happen, just not in Canada.

Environment committee  Yes, that works with me.

Environment committee  We set up a Crown corporation called AIOC, the Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation, and in every major project we're encouraging indigenous ownership and indigenous equity, whether it's a natural resource project or in the petrochemical industry. In fact, we just recentl

Environment committee  I'm sorry. I'm having some technical difficulties here, and I think it's because I'm on a phone for the translation feed. I didn't hear a thing in either language, so I missed....

Environment committee  I'm not sure if others can hear anything. I still can't hear anything.

Environment committee  I would also agree with that, because, as I said earlier, we're trying to start a plastic circular economy. We see a tremendous opportunity there as well. This is going to create uncertainty in being able to achieve our goals. For instance, we know that the global demand for thes

Environment committee  I would agree with that. We've certainly heard from investors. Of course, we're trying to attract $30 billion of investment to Alberta, and we have a lot of economic and competitive advantages with a skilled workforce and an industry that's committed to carbon reduction. We've

Environment committee  I guess there are two areas there, really, that it would impact. That's with our petrochemical sector and with our goal to become a global centre for a plastics circular economy. It impacts both areas. Both of those areas are key factors in our natural gas strategy, which is part

Environment committee  It's absolutely unnecessary.

Environment committee  Have I ever had a soft drink or a beer? Yes.

Environment committee  I think you'd probably have to ask the beverage industry that question. I know I—

Environment committee  I think you're comparing apples to oranges here, and your analogy completely fails. What we're dealing with here is trying to attract international investment into a sector that those companies can invest in anywhere in the world. The reputational harm that they look at with re

Environment committee  To start with, we're concerned with the overreach—the overextension of the federal government's reach into provincial jurisdiction, which is in the area of waste management—by designating plastics as a toxic substance. It really goes right to the heart of what is provincial juris

Environment committee  I apologize for this. They said it was a technical infrastructure problem. It's probably our Government of Alberta platform with its firewalls. In any event, I've logged in on an iPhone—good old iPhone technology.

Environment committee  Thank you. I'll try to be quick. Thank you for the opportunity to speak today. It’s a pleasure to be here on behalf of the Government of Alberta. Our province has a long history of pairing responsible resource development and the development of our natural resources with sound