Well, of course, my honourable colleague could have come along on the trip, but she chose to stay home and so did her mayor. Mr. Speaker, I think it is important to differentiate between the two types of sorting. Sorting for royalty purposes is slightly different from marketing purposes. For marketing purposes, you sort them in certain categories to determine where you are going to sell them, who you are going to sell them to, what the value is, et cetera. Our position has been if we are only going to sort for valuation purposes, we really are not that interested. We need to ensure that the level of sorting is sufficient to give us, as I said, an accurate reflection of what the overall value of that production is. It was suggested to us, I believe in Antwerp, that we can determine what the royalty is based on the balance sheet. It just borders on ludicrous. This was from the industry itself and that is why, to put it mildly, I was more than offended with respect to that discussion that was undertaken.
It is my belief that if we can get an appropriate level of sorting and valuating done in the Northwest Territories, that will bring some jobs and bring some of the diamond industry into the Northwest Territories. My primary interest as a Finance Minister is to ensure that the sorting is done to a level that provides, as I said, an accurate level of valuation so the royalties and the tax regime are to a maximum. So that we can get our share when we negotiate that with Mr. Martin and Ms. Stewart in the coming months. Our principal concern is on the royalty side, because it brings significant fiscal rewards if we can make the right arrangement. Our secondary concern is to ensure that any job associated with Canadian diamond valuation and sorting be Canadian jobs. Is the industry suggesting that the Canadian diamonds should be sorted by Belgians? I hope not. Canadian diamonds are going to be sorted by Canadians. Thank you.