Thank you.
Mr. Van Loan, it's great to have you here.
In regard to your last comment about the Department of Finance's position always being no, I could not agree with you more. I recall that when we were in government—this is completely unrelated to this study—a number of us proposed a recreational fisheries conservation partnerships program, where the government, DFO, would work with angling groups. The Department of Finance's default position was no. Of course, that was overridden at the political level, and we ended up with 800-plus environmental projects in waterways right across the country. It was a great public benefit.
To the government members here, I think they should heed the wise words of Mr. Van Loan. If it's a good project but the Department of Finance demurs, you should run them over.