Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, Madam Minister, for being here today.
When I was putting myself through university, one of the places I had the privilege of working, doing tree planting, was a place known as Tumbler Ridge in northern British Columbia. It's not in Mr. Cullen's riding, but not too far away. It's a very nice town, a beautiful place, a great place to live. It's a very prosperous town, very successful financially, but it had one economic weakness, in that it was a one-industry town. It was almost completely reliant upon the two coal mines they had in the region: Bull Moose and...I forget the name of the other one.
I think a lot of people have heard about the community adjustment fund and how it's been dealing with the forestry sector. I'd be very interested in your comments on how it's dealing with one-industry towns, particularly one-industry mining towns. What impact do you anticipate it will have in those towns? Feel free to expand on how you think it's going to impact those communities.