Thank you, Mr. Chair.
In Cape Breton we had Devco coal mines. Ten years ago, Natural Resources, or the government.... The coal mines were closed, and a fund was set up to remediate the sites where all the coal mines were. I think it was over $150 million.
Overall, I think, over the last 10 years they've been doing well in cleaning up all these coal sites. I think the disappointing thing for the community is how the money was transferred over to ACOA and then used for purposes other than cleaning up the sites.
My question for the department is, first of all, why did they do this? They were doing a good job, so why didn't Natural Resources just finish it up themselves? Second, how did you book this? Was it booked under Natural Resources or was it booked through ACOA?
Those are my first two questions.