Most of the development and most of the spinoff benefits so far have been centred on the Avalon Peninsula, and the closer you get to the city of St. John's, the more you see.
I represent, as a mayor, a small town of 1,000 people. It has been 1,000 people for many years. We have a 500-year history, but in the last decade we've built an offshore oil supply base in that community. We have a deepwater port and, yes, we have received benefits. We have seen property values pretty well triple in the last 10 years. We have seen numerous new housing starts. We have seen numerous new subdivisions begin.
We are struggling with the fact that infrastructure and communications and the proper material to support all this is not always there. We're often reactive as opposed to proactive, but the communities farther removed from the community of Bay Bulls or from some of the oil and gas ports often do not share to the same degree.
I would also say we have created a very mobile workforce in Newfoundland. Many of our young people have travelled all over the world, and many of them have worked in the oil and gas industry. In recent years they are coming back home and are building their communities. Still, they are trying to centre themselves closer to the bigger communities.
I am fortunate that my community of 1,000 people is only a 15- or 20-minute drive from the capital city of St. John's, but we're also fortunate in that we have a very good deepwater navigation-free port that can service the Grand Banks. St. John's, as a harbour and a service port, is pretty well full, so the harbours that exist nearby will be filled up and move out, and you'll continue to see development, but that development needs infrastructure spending. I always fear that we'll miss the opportunity because we're always being reactive; the opportunity comes and goes and is lost, because we don't have the infrastructure to avail ourselves of it.
I don't know if that answers your question.