Thank you, Chair, and thank you to the witnesses.
Those who are watching might wonder why we are talking about the Dominion Coal Blocks in a budget implementation act. I don't understand it either, but it's another omnibus bill so I guess Canadians won't be surprised.
This has to do with the beautiful East Kootenay area I know very well. I look at the objective of this and I'm not entirely clear why the government wants to divest itself of this public asset. In your introduction you alluded to that.
Why is there a desire to sell this land?