Thank you, Mr. Chair.
This has been a very interesting discussion. We briefly talked about public consultation and the National Energy Board's process. Ms. Crockatt mentioned this in her questions. We know that the Conservative government has sabotaged the process. I am a Quebec MP from the north shore, in the Montreal region, and my constituents are telling me that we need a strong and real consultation process, instead of just information sessions provided by oil companies. That's what I hear when I go door-to-door in my riding.
My first question is for Mr. Stanford.
Recently in the House of Commons, we spent a lot of time discussing the purchase of Nexen by CNOOC. This is a fairly important issue. The government and a number of stakeholders claimed that the government needed those foreign investments to realize its energy potential. However, you are rejecting that claim outright. Could you explain your talking point to us?