Thank you. I appreciate that.
I want to now ask Mr. St. Louis a couple of questions.
I was going through the minister's mandate letter again last night as we were preparing for today's presentations. I noticed that nowhere in the mandate letter did it say anything about maintaining the mineral exploration tax credit or the flow-through shares, and I find that very concerning. We've heard from several mining operations especially how important the junior mines have become in terms of taking on the burden of a lot of the exploration work. You're kind of the risk-takers.
There are a lot of comments in the letter about supporting green technology and that kind of thing, which is important, but I am concerned about the lack of direction in or the lack of commitment to maintaining those two programs. From a junior mining perspective, can you talk about the importance of the mineral exploration tax credit and the flow-through shares and what the potential consequences would be if those two programs were not renewed?