Mr. Chairman, I recognize that this covers the agent, and I also recognize that in addition to this, agents carry insurance to cover whatever concerns or problems they may have, as an additional protective measure. However, my fundamental concern is the fact that we ask these agents to carry on and to acquire this amount for a bond in order to do their transactions. What I am basically

saying is that these transactions in the smaller communities may not require that full amount of bond coverage for an agent. I would like to know if the Minister would consider some flexibility in comparison to the larger communities like Yellowknife where $25,000 is acceptable and could possibly be the cost. But I doubt very much that the cost would be that in the smaller communities, and therefore it is an extra impediment on the agent to access this bond requirement of $25,000.