Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have some general comments that I would like to make in response to the Minister's statement as well as the committee report on the review of the budget. The first one I wanted to talk about is with respect to Arctic Canada Trading Corporation. Mr. Chairman, the Minister and the department are well aware of this issue. Last Christmas, some promotional documents were sent out to the government by this corporation to attract businesses and to sell the products they have at the corporation. As you are aware, Mr. Chairman, as far as I understand, this business was meant to be a wholesale outlet where it's supposed to work as a bridge or facilitator to provide services to local artisans in communities and to bring their products to market.

So this was of great concern to the retailers in the city and this was brought to the attention of the Minister and the department and the corporation. The indication we had at the time was that the corporation would revisit the policy under which this action was taken and also that a member from the retail community would be appointed to the board. In talking to the retailers not too long ago, I learned that nothing has been done to this end thus far. I do believe we had a commitment from the Minister that he and the officials would express this to the board and it was supposed to be dealt with by the board at their next meeting. So the first question I have to the Minister is to ask the Minister to give me an update what he has done in this area thus far. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.