Natural Resources committee  Well, I have a vision. What we need to do is bring large volumes of partially upgraded or upgraded bitumen to eastern Canada. We may eventually have an opportunity to bring as much as two and a half million barrels to a major pipeline hub near Montreal, where we could expand the existing petrochemical industry and help ensure that the refineries in Montreal and Lévis, Quebec, have a source of feedstock for literally hundreds of years into the future, and to take some of that oil to Saint John and allow Irving Oil to expand their refinery to 600,000 barrels a day to allow them to export more refined products to the U.S. eastern seaboard and Latin and South America.

Natural Resources committee  Good morning. Bonjour. Extending an opportunity to benefit from the development of the oil and gas industry across Canada is a Canadian energy strategy. Maximizing that benefit to all Canadians is a “Canada-first” Canadian energy strategy. The terms “oil sands” or “tar sands” refer to the same thing and are commonly used to frame the issues politically.