Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I feel there has to be a will put out there by this government that we cannot talk the talk and not walk the walk. For the potential the oil and gas industry has compared to the diamond industry, with the jobs, resources and royalties it will bring in, it surpasses the diamond industry. Yet there is nothing in this budget that mentions the oil and gas industry. There has to be mention of that business sector if we are serious about the oil and gas companies we have been lobbying for the last couple of months. They should promote the North. They should come up here and do business, but if we as a government are not going to put any dollars into that sector, I find it awfully offensive to the industry and the people who have the potential in the different regions, especially in the Mackenzie Delta-Beaufort Sea area, and also in the Deh Cho and the Sahtu. I feel we have to do more in that sector. By not mentioning it here, I feel it is a slap in the face to the industry and the people who know we have that potential.

I would like to ask the Minister if he will commit to reallocating some of these dollars in the budget to that sector?