Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Binnion, I want to thank you for coming here today.
I have to admit I knew very little about the shale gas industry, but this has been an experience. I appreciate the direct and complete way that you've responded to questions from all of the parties. What I'm gathering is that we have a pretty good news story here, from the point of view of energy security, of cutting greenhouse gases, and also from the economic benefits.
I guess I'm not surprised to see how fast our colleagues from the NDP and the Bloc appear to be trying to run away from this good news story. It's really a shame, because this is going to have a monumental impact on our energy supplies for decades to come. So I thank you for the way you've responded to those questions and particularly to their concerns.
I just have a couple of questions. We have for many decades been getting conventional natural gas from conventional sources. When we go from that to extracting it from shale, are we going to see a dramatic decrease in the conventional sources of natural gas? Is one going to replace the other, or is there enough demand that both will stay around? One, of course—shale gas—will likely be a bigger item than conventional natural gas.