Two summers ago, my son Hart, 23, got himself a job on Maligne Lake as a tour guide. They trained him to pilot a boat, and he spent the whole summer in this most beautiful part of Canada. I think it changed him. I think he felt more Canadian. I think he felt more connected to our environment and the land.
I would just like to see more young people with those kinds of opportunities. Do you have any ideas or any programs to help get our young people who are out of high school and ready to become explorers--and Xplorers is the name of a program, I know--see more of our national parks, particularly the ones in the Rocky Mountains?