Of course, our meeting today is public and, hopefully, the retailers might be able to see the writing on the wall and we can get some action on that.
Thank you very much for those comments.
Mr. Ball, maybe I'll turn to you.
I live in British Columbia, so I'm your southern neighbour. I've had the pleasure and the opportunity to visit Yukon before. It's certainly a beautiful part of Canada. You're both very lucky to live where you live.
I wanted to hear a bit more from both of you, because you do have a large territory and a relatively small population. I thank you for your comments about how food processing may not be a huge sector but it's very important locally.
If you were to look at how our federal committee is conducting its study and the ultimate recommendations we're going to make to the federal government, could you maybe expand a little more on some of the things you would like to see our committee zero in on when we make our recommendations to the federal minister as they relate specifically to Yukon?
You know the Northwest Territories and Nunavut as well. I'm sure they have issues and concerns similar to yours.