Those paycheques are important, but this infrastructure is.... The allies are trusting us to protect our north, and Canadians are trusting our government to protect the north. The dual use that comes from industry helps us build out our ability to defend ourselves in the north. We used to have a system where a private sector would invest in the north, and through the dual use of this infrastructure, we would be stronger and more able to defend our borders against enemies.
Fast-forward to now, and it takes 18 years officially to get a mine up and running in Canada. There's nothing that's going to be backfilling right now those diamond mines up in the north, which has a negative effect on that infrastructure that we need to obtain, so then Canadians from all over Canada have to pay their taxes, and the government's going to have to—or it's proposing to—spend billions and billions of dollars in the north to keep that infrastructure up, which makes no sense at all.
It is frustrating to know that it's mostly regulation—as we've heard from countless witnesses—that has a layering effect that has killed this industry and its ability to expand.
Another government office that they're talking about is the Major Projects Office. What is your view on that project? Is it needed?