Thank you all for coming.
I'm the official opposition critic for the north, so you all fall within my territory--all three territories. It's great to have you here.
Last fall, when people were talking about the budget, all they were talking about was manufacturing and the auto industry. I wrote to the Minister of Finance and said that in the north, mining and tourism are important, and I was delighted that those showed up in the budget. So it's great that you're all here.
I have one question for each group, so try to make your answers not too long so that I can get all my questions in within my five minutes.
Trevor and Lou, the day before yesterday, the Government of the Northwest Territories and the federal Minister of the Environment had a big conference announcing the Nahanni National Park. In fact, there's a celebration today at 5 p.m. at the Chateau Laurier and at 7:30 at D'Arcy McGee's, across the street. You should probably go.
Should we rush that through this week? Do you have any concerns about that? We haven't heard anything negative about it.