Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Minister, I'd like to turn your attention to FedNor. On this issue, you and I have different views.
On one hand, you are more than happy to proclaim the benefits of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency or Western Economic Diversification Canada or Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions or the southern Ontario development agency.
On the other hand, your favourite pat answers to northerners' requests to have our own stand-alone agency is that we don't need more bureaucracy. Which is it? Usually what's good for the goose is good for the gander, so when will you give northerners their own stand-alone economic development agency?