The average person involved in the oil and gas industry in northeastern B.C. quite commonly has an income in excess of $100,000 a year.
I'm going to a personal aspect on this. I am the father of three children and the grandfather of seven. Before the advent of LNG, our family lived in four different cities; none of our children lived in this community because there was no 12-month employment. With the advent of LNG and the exploration for LNG, all seven grandchildren are now located in Fort Nelson.
This type of work and this type of employment has shown there is a future for young people to advance in employment and in business. It has made communities like Fort Nelson more whole when the younger people are not leaving to seek employment in other communities; they are employed here. It has aided schools, it has aided in development of the town, but the biggest thing about all this I have to stress is family life.
Family life has excelled. We have fresh water, we have a large community centre for recreation, we have large outdoor recreation facilities, we have all kinds of ball diamonds and soccer fields for families. When grandma's happy, grandpa's happy.