Back in March the NCC sent a letter to the Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Mark Miller telling him this is the time to support Canada’s Oil and Gas industry – to stop importing foreign oil and gas – that it should be a priority to use our own oil and gas to lift us out of this economic crisis. Reducing our dependence on foreign oil and mitigating the impacts of disruption and shocks to the global oil market by shifting to Canadian oil would result in higher incomes, higher tax revenues, stable employment and higher GDP for all of Canada, while ensuring our oil & gas needs are obtained from the most ethical of all oil sources – our own. Here is his response to that letter.