Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, in general comments to the bill here, my colleague here from Kam Lake had mentioned what the government can do here. What we have been suggested by various reports is to reform our regulatory system to make it more certain and more flexible. However, that is our job, to legislate the balance of what is certain. Keeping this community or this territory to move up into the attractive world of a climate for investment is exactly what we are doing. When I ask, when I see revenues outside of our TFF, I look at industry's presence for that shortfall, and the longer we can keep industry here, the more sales or the more revenues can be realized, aside from the commerce of jobs and opportunities that industry brings. On the issue of SDLs, there was an SDL issued back in 1985 to Petro-Canada just outside of Colville Lake and later inherited to this government, and as well as a different oil company, called Suncor, that acquired that asset. I think, if anybody would give it some thought here, when they're having discussions with the Canadian Association for Petroleum Producers in Calgary they would realize that it only makes sense on returns on costs through the infrastructure that is available. Because of a lack of infrastructure, the Colville Lake gas field sits idle like many others, other SDLs that have been issued since.

We can't force industry to come back. It would just not be economical for the stockholders to realize that. Using this idle time in industry's absence, I think it's very productive as to what we are doing right now on regulatory reform. I am confident that the department is and has done that, and has consulted with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers that represents multiple membership in the industry.

I am quite satisfied on this made-in-the-North with our resource development legislation that we are doing now and will be doing, and keeping in mind, we are not going to agree on all the motions or legislation; however, I do respect everybody's position, and I do respect, more so, if others could respect mine. Thank you, Mr. Chair.