Thank you, Mr. Chair. First of all, I will update the House a little bit on Almod. I had a conversation with him. Maybe some Members don't realize that, when the hurricane season hit the Caribbean, he has a number of stores down there that got either totally wiped out or severely damaged. A number of his staff had their homes totally destroyed. In one particular case, he had staff guarding his safe where the whole building was gone, even though their house was totally wiped out. He had significant challenges over the course of the hurricane season. I still believe they continue to do so. They haven't got all their operations up and running.

I phoned him after that just to have a conversation with him and see how he and his staff were doing. They are trying to keep things rolling. They are rebuilding as they go. The challenges that they are having around the Yellowknife operation comes back to Member Vanthuyne's comments around immigration. The federal system is slow and cumbersome. They are trying to bring their trainers to Yellowknife to be able to open this facility. Almod has a patented cut called the “Crown of Light,” which is a 90-some facet cut compared to a 54. He has a unique type of diamond that he sells as a product. He needs a certain type of people to be able to train people to be able to do this.

The immigration process is holding him up. He has already, like I announced in the House, purchased the facilities. He has purchased a residence for his staff, and he is eager to get going. We are totally in support of him trying to get through the immigration process so he can get these people up here and get this thing going. Thank you, Mr. Chair.