Mr. Speaker, yes, we have proposed that to the federal government and directly to the Prime Minister, as well as to Minister Prentice. I can't recall exactly, but I believe I had the same discussion with the Minister of Finance.

Mr. Speaker, our long-term interest and our short-term interests are...(inaudible)...with the federal government. It really baffles me why we aren't able to come to some kind of agreement with the federal government on this instead of this silence we are hearing. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.