Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just to be contrary to anyone who might think I will be asking questions on the hotel tax, I am not going to ask questions or say anything about that. It is certainly not a dead horse, Mr. Chairman, I am going to keep that alive. I want to put it on record that I do not question the complexity of the mandate this department has.
All I want to see is for this department and its 421 employees do the best job it can to spend the $75 million they are asking for. I want the department to be the best it can be and do the things it is mandated to do, even if, Mr. Chairman, they have to do it without the help of women in management.
I might say, Mr. Chairman, that the Minister corrected me on their figures of women in management. It is not 0.8 percent of the total management, but it is really three out of 19 senior managers, which works out to about 15 percent. We are improving a little, but I noticed that in their latest figures, they did not have a category on women. It just does not seem they are very proud of it.
I want to make one statement. I would like to ask for an update, based on the Minister's opening comment. It says in here, Mr. Chairman, on the section on the diamond industry, the Minister talks about the department's priorities for this industry, in particular the secondary industry and so on. Diavik is experiencing quite a bit of trouble at the moment with respect to their water license. It may be that no one is feeling safe and sound that this project is going to go smoothly. I would like to hear from the Minister what the department is doing to facilitate this process. At the same time, Mr. Chairman, I wonder if the Minister could update us on the latest news on the Non-Renewable Resource Development Strategy.