Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I could echo many of the comments made by my colleagues here, but a lot of it I could also get into under the program details as we go through the budget. I do have a number of questions arising from the Minister's opening comments, particularly a couple of areas that are not covered anywhere in the budget, so I would like to examine those a bit right now if I could.

In his opening comments, the Minister made reference to the Maximizing Northern Employment Program. Of course, there is nothing in the budget for this program right now. In his opening comments, he says that the commitments will be fully developed by March 31 of this year. Does that mean they will be fully developed and implemented by March 31, or does that mean that the program will be developed by March 31 and ready for discussion with the standing committee before implementation?