Thank you, Mr. Chair. My comment's on the creation of this envoy position but actually I gave it some thought there after I seen the article and read about it, and very similar through experiences, I thought it was a very good choice of actions to staff the unstaffed strategies this government depends quite a bit on our federal counterparts for resources and supports, and what better engagement is to have a one on one with our federal counterpart. Some things are best said in person, some things are best demonstrated through PowerPoint presentations, and I think there's a lot of merit to this decision to staff that strategy followed by implementing the strategy designing our conventions to encourage more resources. We have an Arctic foreign policy. The policy is only as good on the rewards and the fruits of our government's efforts to bring solutions to the North, similarly to my colleague from Boot Lake had mentioned.

So I see a lot of value at the end of the day to this decision, and experiencing and similarly to my past private contracting life, we did see a lot of opportunities from the oil and gas clients, so periodic sales trips were made to Calgary, and getting prepared for their incoming presence for the projects they had and having knowledge of that encouraged us to witness what other similar larger companies were actually doing.

One company in particular, who I've worked with, had a full-time salesman in Calgary. He had a credit card. He had an apartment. He had a vehicle. And that was his task, was to go and solicit opportunities. So that concept exists all over. There's current lobbyists on behalf of large companies doing that same business right this very moment in Calgary.

So our government needs an office there and a presence there and a strategy and a staff to implement those strategies. So I really see a lot of merit to that choice. So I just share my comments with experience there, Mr. Chair, and endorse that choice. Mahsi.