Thank you.
I want to pick up on something Madame Brassard said, where part of your role is to help communities and help them diversify. It's not just about businesses and where they go next.
Eventually I'm going to have a question for Mr. Maillet, but I do want to note that, within Western Economic Diversification, we did an analysis of where the money went over the last four years. Almost all of it...out of $400 million I think $350 million went to Vancouver and Victoria. I would suggest that Vancouver and Victoria are quite well poised. They are very diversified and they do very well, whereas we have communities that Mr. Johns talked about in the interior where I think we could do with a lot more support.
In Nova Scotia, the closure there was very difficult. Do you see your role as having someone on the ground to say, “How can we help, and where might we look toward supporting you as a community in terms of your next steps?” because I'm sure the community is reeling there and they are trying to figure out a future?
I would like to hear about your process, and is that within your mandate? Hopefully, Mr. Gerry Salembier can talk after.