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How do you think the ongoing debate about separation in Alberta and upcoming referendum question

is going to affect the likelihood or chances that a private sector proponent may come forward

to build a West Coast pipeline?

Well, it's, first and foremost, I think what we do as the federal government is we continue

to work collaboratively with Alberta, with British Columbia, with First Nations, in this

case, First Nations, well, I should say Indigenous peoples because Métis as well, to ensure

that if there is a pipeline or related carbon capture or inner ties between the electricity

grids and or nuclear and or other components of this, that it benefits all of the parties

and works with all of the parties.

In that way, we make two things more likely.

One, we make the actual economic activity there more likely, lower emissions more likely.

As well as the federation work better, and of course, that has implications for how people vote.

Thank you.

But you don't think separation has an impact?

Does separation have an impact on whether, you spent a career in business, does separation

have an impact on whether a company wants to put their hand up and build a new pipeline?

Well, it's, my experience in these would be the same as others is that uncertainty, this

type of uncertainty is unhelpful for long term investment decisions.

What I answered though is what does the federal government do about this and in terms of making

the federation work, creating the conditions to create jobs, create prosperity, to get

emissions down, all of that is what we're doing to move forward on reconciliation, truly

move forward on reconciliation.

That's what we're doing.

And that has impacts both for the economic side, but also should have impacts in terms

of voting.

Thank you.