All right. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Well, I will start like I do every year in this category, by commending the department for a lot of the great work that they have done in terms of the investment to a number of our parks throughout the territory, but, in particular, Ingraham Trail and the numerous recreational parks that we have on that road, as that is in my riding. There have been considerable improvements made in recent years, so I just think it is important to let the department know that that work is well appreciated.
That said, one of the aspects that I want to raise in this department is: I think it was in this budget, during this budget process last year, we talked about the idea of putting a pilot project together where we would open up Prelude Territorial Park Loop C. This was to allow for some tour operators to call it a base where they could host aurora tour viewing. We were going to charge a fee. There were some fairly valid reasons to give consideration to this opportunity, let's call it.
Since that time, I just want to let the department know that we have had some concerns raised by tour operators, especially some of the older, more-established tour operators who have their own leases, their own land titles, their own assets and stuff that they have invested in significantly over the years who have shared with me some concern with regard to this particular pilot project.
While I was in favour of this when we first proposed it last year, and recognizing that it is a pilot project, I am wondering if the Minister and the department can share some insight as to, first of all, how well it is going? How many operators have taken them up on the particular opportunity? What kind of rates are we charging on a daily basis? Maybe we will start there, Mr. Chair.