Thanks, Mr. Chair. What I heard from the earlier discussion was that, in fact, in some cases the actual royalties paid to our government are disclosed under federal legislation. There are problems with consistency, reporting entities, and so on. Some of this information may, indeed, already be disclosed. This is not a debate about what the benefits are from the mining industry; this is a debate about why a calculation of a figure of an amount paid to our government under mining legislation, you know, I guess the intent of this is to require that it be disclosed on a per-mine basis. I don't think that has any effect whatsoever on the broader discussion of the fiscal benefits of this industry. This is about providing for greater disclosure, revenues that our government gets, and a breakdown.

I'm trying to understand what the problem is with this, and I have not had an adequate explanation from the Minister, so I would hope that, in the interest of transparency and greater accountability, Members of this House would support the reporting of this information. Thank you, Mr. Chair.