Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, royalties, of course, are tied to the markets and what's going on in terms of what's happening the producers that we have, and certainly in the last two years, there's been quite a lot of uncertainty and reflected both in the -- I just want to get the actuals out to be able to reference them. But, yeah, in terms of not only the projections, which is what you will see in the budget, but also actually in the actuals, that, you know, in 2020, we saw Ekati close, and then other areas had production shutdowns. Even in 2021, there continued to be production shutdowns as a result of outbreaks. And anticipated that things would not go particularly well and then discovering of course that, in fact, the resource sector was responding better than expected. So, yeah, quite a lot of volatility here but, you know, hoping that in the -- as the economy comes back on and that we will actually see doing better than expected in this particular area. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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