I appreciate that, Minister, and I realize that we have to go beyond just moving around assets to serve the existing needs when there are developing demands. We need to be responsive to that if we want to ensure our economy continues to prosper as it has.
The other area is the area you mentioned relating to unmanned aerial vehicles. I know that in the news lately there have been a number of concerns, because these are readily available at not very much cost at RadioShack or The Source or other places.
Of course, there are security concerns and also privacy concerns, and the public is obviously very in tune with that, but at the same time, I have constituents who have legitimate uses for those particular UAVs. I look at the farming community. Farmers could use them for crop inspection. They'd like to hire someone to do that for them. There are realtors and developers who would like to be able to take photos of areas that they wish to develop. There are things like this that are commercial in use and are advantageous for them, and of course it's a service that is legitimate.
There's a host of others. I know that on the American side they've asked for public comment. They're coming up with some regulations and so on. The areas of use are those such as research and development, power line inspection, pipeline inspections, rescue operations, bridge inspections, and aerial photography. There's a host of other niche areas that are certainly areas where these can be used very effectively. The issue of course is safety, and there's of course the issue of privacy and security, but in all of that, technology is advancing and expanding and we need to be responsive to that.
I just wondered about maybe having you reiterate what the department's views are and its position going forward and in the present.