Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Following on my earlier line of questions in the area of resource management and economic development, in the tourism sector, when we referred to the positions that were vacant and look to be filled by the department in the tourism sector, the Minister stated that there needs to be some presence within the department unless we go to a tourism authority.
Here might be the opportunity to look at doing that and going that route. Why not now in the sense of the time that is there? It would help the tourism association to better promote the work -- they have done great work as everyone said, with the funds they had -- and it would really tie, in a sense, the department with clear linkage to them through an authority. They are well on their way. They have developed, and they are ready to take on more challenges in that sense, and any available dollars could be utilized by them to further expand on the services they are providing to their membership.
Maybe I could have the Minister expand on that. Thank you.