Thank you, Mr. Chair. I get the feeling we could talk for about eight hours and elucidate a lot of issues.
I'm from a rural part of the B.C. coast. A big part of the riding is rural. On a different scale, I recognize a lot of what you're talking about.
Mr. Zehr, you talked about Agnico-Eagle and the red tape. The NUPPAA legislation has been tabled, and the mining sector basically said that was the legislation we could support. In terms of the federal role, was there any recommendation specifically you could make beyond that legislative package, or were those sort of local red tape issues?