Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to all our witnesses.
Mayor Norton, I was going to ask questions along the same vein as questions that Ms. Moore was asking, and you touched on the subject. I'm a member of Parliament for the Yukon, and we've certainly benefited from the Atlantic Canada labour force as well over the years, particularly from Newfoundland and Labrador.
The interesting thing we noticed, and it's the reason we engaged in this study in the first place, is that, to get down to the kitchen table items for Canadians, there has to be a discussion about risk versus reward. Many people either see the footprint or they picture the negative aspect of development—not just of oil and gas, but of all kinds of development in the country—but don't, we feel, necessarily appreciate the depth and the breadth of the rewards that come with it.
You've talked about the social licence and you don't see large development as a problem. What do you think are the largest contributing things to having that licence? Is it the vacancy rates, both commercially and independently, or are your projections of having a 250,000-person community that only has 70,000 people in it now spurring a desperate need for growth, or is it something deeper ingrained in your community that just welcomes it? I would say the situation is probably very different across the country, in terms of welcoming development.
May I have a quick comment on that?