Welcome.
I do want to personalize this for a minute, with apologies to my colleagues. I'm a British Columbian transplanted into Ontario. I always get this question: why would you want to leave Vancouver to come to Ontario? For the scenery, of course. Honestly, I love the riding of Vaughan, where I live and where I'm raising my family.
I was raised in Prince Rupert. There are some comments here on the Pacific LNG and port proposals. I have a lot of high school friends who work at the coal port, the grain elevator, and so forth. Focusing away from the Lower Mainland, because the Lower Mainland is doing quite well, I'd like you to provide some colour.
Having grown up in Prince Rupert, I know there's a very diverse and very rich indigenous population, which, as I've said, I'm still very connected with through a lot of good friends. What programs or initiatives have you done to work with the indigenous community, the aboriginal community outside of the Lower Mainland, in those areas of Prince Rupert, Terrace, Smithers, and northeast B.C., programs and initiatives that are making a difference? There is a skills shortage in B.C., but you have a very young aboriginal population there that needs to be involved in the job market and to be provided those skills and training. I think that would make a huge difference for the economy.