It's appreciated, I'm sure, by them that you have given advance notice of this. It gives them time to get the answers together.
While we're dealing with other issues, then, and before we get to the witnesses, I may as well do it now. On November 2, 2011—and I've chatted with most of you about this—there is a delegation from Norway coming to Canada. They have one time slot available, which coincides with the second half of our committee meeting. They would like to meet with this committee. They deal with resources and of course northern resources.
What I'm proposing is that we have a one-hour meeting that day, maybe two witnesses, and then we close the meeting down and meet informally with the delegation from Norway. They would appreciate it. I think it could be really helpful for us. If there's agreement, we'll proceed with that and have a one-hour formal meeting and a one-hour informal meeting with the delegation from Norway. Is there agreement to do that?
I see agreement. Thank you very much.
Let's go directly to the presentations on the orders of the day, on the agenda, starting with the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency.
Mr. Bloom, go ahead please, sir.