Of course we have! Great to have you back. I was also very interested by Rickford's closing comment (or at least how the media portrayed it).

I attended the CAMA conference over the last few days and was there for both Greg Rickford's and Bob Rae's speeches. Nothing new from Bob Rae - Greg Rickford gave me more of a sense that the Feds are paying serious attention to the Ring of Fire than I had anticipated.

However, I came away from this conference with more hope than I've had in a long time. A major part of the conference had to do with the aboriginal youth and how they are approaching their future. The speakers were amazing.

They get it.

They understand clearly that the old status quo is not working. They're smart, dedicated, educated and the day will come when we will look back and see how they were the architects of the First Nations destiny of change and that they accepted the challenges of leadership.

I was very impressed.