Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I too want to take a moment to congratulate our new minister. I must assure you, as your replacement in this chair, that I have some very big shoes to fill, but I appreciate you appearing here today to help us understand a little bit more about this one topic.
Minister, I've heard repeated a number of times the comment that this is a historic tripartite agreement between each of these provinces. I'd like to ask you if you would just take a moment to explain to us why these are considered historic tripartite agreements that are being signed. Why are they so important? If you could just expand a little bit on the tripartite agreements, we'd appreciate it.