Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a question for the Minister. It relates to departmental vision and how he sees the mandate of the department.
Some time ago when this department was amalgamated, economic development was merged with wildlife. I was wondering if the Minister can talk a little about that. I am not suggesting that the preservation of wildlife and economic development are mutually exclusive. But at times, we have seen that they can have conflicting mandates.
Can the Minister discuss a little bit about why the marriage of these two departments, at the time that it occurred, was relevant at the time? Does he still feel that it is relevant? I am also wondering if he would possibly consider the establishment of a department of industry that might concentrate its efforts on some of the major economic development priorities that this government has.
So while I appreciate that this is not directly related to the interim, I am hoping that the Minister can just quickly discuss these couple of questions. Thank you.