Thank you for being here.
First, I do not want to be disrespectful, but I will have to leave at 10 o'clock. The proceedings of the House begin at 10 o'clock, and I am scheduled to speak about an agreement with the Aboriginal communities of British Columbia.
That being said, I see that you are all prominent business people. I hope that you received the McCrank report. If you did not, I would suggest that you obtain a copy and read it attentively. This report seems to lay the groundwork for what the Canadian government wants to implement.
I will just read you the following:
Northern Canada has the potential to manage its non-renewable resources in the public interest [and here is where it becomes interesting] if it balances the economic and social benefits of development with the need to provide for the protection of the environment.
I have a very simple question. How will you comply with this very important recommendation from the McCrank report, that is, how will you balance the economic and social benefits of development with the need to provide for the protection of the environment?
That is my only question, and you have the remaining four minutes to reply. You can go one by one, in the order you wish. Who wants to go first?