Thank you. I guess this is your first chance to put your position forward at this committee.
But I think the anti-circumvention clause goes beyond current stumpage considerations in British Columbia. In fact, if they're going to more of an auction system, that's what the U.S. wanted. If they're going to increase stumpage, that shouldn't cause any problems for the Americans. If they're going to decrease stumpage, that could be a problem in terms of anti-circumvention.
I was also dealing with it on a much broader basis, in that any actions the federal government took in its relations with the forest industry, or any province, could be misconstrued deliberately by the U.S. producers as circumventing the softwood lumber agreement.
Anyway, I want to move on to the mining. We know we have some declining reserves. I was glad to see you extended the super flow-throughs. But there's an issue regarding geomapping. If we're going to get people investing in development, they need to have a little more certainty than they have today. My understanding from your department is that they're looking for $25 million over five years, or something similar. Those priorities have to come from you, sir. Are you saying this is going to be a priority moving forward, or not? Because I imagine the funds have to be reallocated from within, and I know you have a lot of competing demands.