Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It was the superintendent of renewable resources that I have been hounding to try to get some money out of, but he is basically saying that his pockets are empty and he does not have any resources, and you have to wait for the new budget to come down for the new fiscal year. That is the point I am trying to make. We have all this development happening in our region, but as the department that is responsible for that, they do not have any resources to assist at the regional level. I think it is important, as a government, that we find ways of finding new program dollars.
We are able to develop different scenarios within this department. We came along with a loan guarantee with regard to the secondary diamond industry. We have managed to get money for the Giant Mine and other mines around Yellowknife, investing money there so that they can look for new sources of gold. We have done these things and we have been able to pull money out of a hat in the past, but for some reason with the oil and gas stuff we are being nickeled and dimed. I think that if we did this for the diamond industry and we did it with regard to the gold industry, with regard to Giant Mine and other companies, where we have managed to get millions of dollars to put into these things, but yet I do not see anything within the budget where we are seeing millions of dollars being put into the gas sector.
I would like to ask the Minister exactly what is he doing, or does he have any plans to bring in any new initiatives, so that we are able to access those grants and contributions for the oil and gas industry?