Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would note for the committee that when Mr. Carr—I respect him greatly and believe in his aspirations—was asked directly by an NDP colleague here, when he testified, whether or not he had consulted with any provincial or municipal representatives in the prairie provinces about this bill, which is about consulting prairie provinces, he said he had not, in the development of that legislation.
I would also note for committee members, talking about the investment in clean tech, that 75% of clean-tech investment in Canada comes from oil and gas companies, which is why we are cautioning about shutting down the industry. This is already happening, in the last seven years of this Liberal government: like the 18 LNG projects that have been cancelled while the U.S. is constructing them; like the four pipelines that have been lost; like the hundreds of thousands of jobs that have been lost, and the hundreds of millions of dollars of projects from the energy companies that are investing and leading the entire Canadian economy in exactly the things that proponents say they care about, like clean and green tech and innovation. It makes no sense whatsoever to cut that industry off at the knees when, in fact, it is the leader in the investment we say we value.
Mr. Bewick, you got into a bit of a debate with my independent-minded Liberal colleague Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, whom I also respect and enjoy. I would note perhaps that it epitomized what happens to prairie representatives when they're trying to have a conversation with this Liberal government, which tells you what you ought to think and what you do or don't know about your own expertise.
I would invite you to use some time to address the question I had asked you about any other clauses or aspects of the bill that you wanted to discuss, or if there was an answer that you wanted to give to our colleague and expand on that round of questioning.