Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, a number of years ago, we had three departments: Economic Development and Tourism; Renewable Resources; and Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources. When the federal government reduced our budget, we undertook to form one department out of three. The target was to initially save $5 million. About two months into the exercise, we were asked to cut $10 million. We met that target, and what resulted from that was a new department called Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development.

We think that we can make the argument that it has been a good approach to a "one stop shop" to deal with economic development. It has been efficient. We have saved ongoing costs of $10 million to the government and reduced the size of headquarters considerably. So, at this time, there are no intentions to review that with the idea of creating two or three departments, where one is currently serving the needs of this government. Thank you.