Thank you very much.
Just to clarify what Sandstorm actually does, it is a business, so it is exactly what you say, but we will go in and will provide capital for someone to build their asset; then we allow them to continue to operate it. So although we don't actually do the activities on the ground, we monitor them in advance and monitor their progress. We monitor their compliance with various things.
We try to focus wherever we can on organizations that we believe are going to be able to operate that mine successfully for decades to come. To that extent, we need to ensure that we are only dealing with people who are doing a good job environmentally, doing a good job socially, doing a good job in getting the support of the community. We spend a lot of time doing that. That's our job.
If we make an investment in a company that is not doing those things, we risk losing the money of our Canadian investors. That's what we focus on.
I have been to many countries. I was in Peru last week meeting with government officials and in remote, very poor communities. There are people there who have no hope of an education and no hope of medical facilities, if certain projects don't go forward in their communities. I am a firm believer, though, that this business needs to be done responsibly and needs to be done in a way that reflects well on Canada as a whole. That's something that I think is very important.
Just to address a previous comment that was made about our reputation being affected by our companies, if we have any misconceptions that our Canadian government's reputation is not currently affected already by what companies are doing, whether or not we support them, we're kidding ourselves. The business that Canadians are doing and the way they portray themselves reflects on us, full stop.
To the extent that we can be involved and have public-private partnerships and do types of things that can provide a mechanism for oversight, so that we can actually monitor the impact of what they're doing upon our reputation, that's very important.
Canada has a lot to offer. Canadian mining companies have a lot to offer. Our Canadian government has a huge amount to offer. I believe that if we work together to find the right mechanisms.... We're in the infancy in this type of model, and there are more oversight things that need to be put in place and improvements that need to be made. But I think we're headed down the right path, anyway.