Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank all the members of this committee for their deep concern for rural communities, which I represent. I agree with a lot of what Mr. Scott is saying, but I do have a serious problem when we start putting arbitrary numbers on this, like 10,000 people. I really think that's a major issue.
One of the things I would like to ask of the department is whether we know how many exemptions have been given per year and how many interventions by communities have been requested.