Thank you, Mr. Handley. Before I go on, Members, I'd like to draw your attention to the gallery today and recognize the following visiting dignitaries under the northern dimension of Canada's foreign policy outreach program: Mr. Jack Anawak, ambassador for circumpolar affairs...
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Mr. Lorenz Friedlaender, ambassador of Canada to Sweden...
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Mr. Richard Tetu, ambassador of Canada to Iceland...
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Ms. Fredericka Gregory, ambassador of Canada to Denmark...
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Ms. Jillian Stirk, ambassador of Canada to Norway...
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Ms. Anne-Marie Boucier, ambassador of Canada to Finland...
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Mr. Jeffrey Parker, consul general to Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska...
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Mr. Michael Small, director general, Human Security and Human Rights Bureau...
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Mr. Pierre Guimond, director, Eastern Europe and Balkans division...
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also our chief of protocol, Carmen Moore, in the gallery.
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I want to welcome you all to the House today and I hope you're enjoying your tour of Yellowknife, and the Chamber, and the House. Thank you.
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Oral questions. The honourable Member from Kam Lake, Mr. Ramsay.