Thank you, committee. On to page 5, Environment and Natural Resources. Do we have comments on this page? Questions? Mr. Vanthuyne.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate that, in the Minister's opening comments, he indicated here that the net effect on government's operation will be nil with regard to this expenditure, because there is the potential to sell existing water bombers that we have, the CL-215 aircraft. I just wonder if the Minister can expand a little bit on how confident he is in that, and what kind of market there is out there with regard to the other countries or jurisdictions that might be seeking our older model water bombers. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Vanthuyne. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we are quite confident that the CL-215s will sell. There is already some interest in the aircraft. I think we have had some from South America, from Europe, as well as some in North America. We are quite confident that these will sell. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Mr. Vanthuyne.

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I appreciate the Minister's reply. Just for clarification, how many of these units do we own that we are intending to sell? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Vanthuyne. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, there are four aircraft. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Vanthuyne. I see nothing further from Mr. Vanthuyne. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I guess I will give the Minister an opportunity to make a sales pitch. How soon are these aircraft actually going to be up for sale? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we are working with the Department of Infrastructure to put the sale of the planes out to tender, and this is anticipated to be no later than September 2017. The actual timing of the sale will depend on the bids received, and the sale will be finalized by the end of the 2018 fiscal year. If anybody out there is interested in buying four planes, call the Department of Infrastructure and the Department of Finance. We have four good planes that we are putting on the market. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That is a good sales pitch. I almost want to buy a plane, but if there is some way to move that date up as quickly as possible, because it is getting to be fire season right now. I am sure different jurisdictions are trying to make sure they have everything they need in place, so the quicker we can arrange a tender process, the better, in terms of trying to sell these things while the fire season is still hot. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. Would the Minister like to respond?

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we are going out for an RFP and it may be fire season in our part of the world, but in other parts of the world, their fire seasons will differ than ours. The interest that we have been receiving is from European and South American countries, so we will have an RFP out and, as I said before, if we can get them, we'll have them sold by the end of the 2017-2018 fiscal year. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Anything further from Mr. O'Reilly?

No, thank you, and I appreciate the efforts of the Minister. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. I will call this page. Environment and Natural Resources, operations expenditures, forest management, not previously authorized, $2,735,000. Does committee agree?

Thank you. Environment and Natural Resources, operations expenditures, total department, not previously authorized, $2,735,000. Does committee agree?

Thank you, committee. On to page 6. Industry, Tourism and Investment. Comments or questions for the Minister? Mr. Vanthuyne.