Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I recently returned from a tour of Mr. Antoine's riding last weekend. I may say publicly, I think there's clearly a recognition by all the players -- certainly in the communities, the private sector and, of course, the First Nations group -- that there has to be a bit of a blueprint and some political direction given as to where that area wants to go economically; whether it's in tourism, in logging, or mineral exploration et cetera.

The department is working with the First Nations group in an effort to identity some of the funding that we would be able to provide, along with trying to identity other funding from other agencies. I'm confident that the funding will be found on our side, and I'm sure that when the other groups come into play, we'll be able to move reasonably quickly in putting an important economic conference in place. Thank you.