Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, just to go a little further, as we reported in the Standing Committee on Governance and Economic Development report on the review of the main estimates, I would like to acknowledge that the department has provided further follow up information as they committed to during the main estimate review. There may be a few further outstanding issues that Members may have questions on.
Just one area before we go into it. Again, as we reported with our committee report, the government did state to a higher view and profile for the environment issues that were being raised. One of the things that I would like to point out when you look at the expenditures by activity, the resource management and economic development portion far outweighs environmental protection when you look at expenditures by activity. As we go through this in detail later on, I have some questions about where they are planning to address the issue of environmental protection. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.