I thank the minister and everybody for being here.
I believe and many believe it's important for the minister to get away from the Ottawa bubble and get away from the top bureaucrats sometimes and get to the front-line workers who are out there working around the country. It's my understanding you visited Miramichi. We all know what they've gone through over many years.
They had the system of the gun registry and the Conservatives changed that. There was a new system put in place and probably not enough employees, and those employees were forced to transfer there, and the new system was not very good. So this government inherited the fiasco. We've had a couple of years and a couple of ministers.
What was your feeling when you were there, when you talked to the employees? Are they feeling more hopeful? How was it? Tell us exactly what you sensed and felt from them, what they went through, and what they're hoping to see in the future?