that I was challenged to be. It's a big job, so it's been a lot of learning, a lot of long hours. On his new portfolio It existed in a bit of a different structure. The change is that they brought Enterprise over from Finance into the Advanced Education portfolio. It sounds like it's bringing disparate pieces together but there was already so much connectivity between the enterprise component and the advanced education component that it's been a seamless transition. It's a broad mandate and that's one of the challenges of this ministry, but all of those pieces intertwine and fit well together. Advertisement On his recent trip to Boston's BIO International Convention, the world's largest event for the biotech industry We met with a lot of our Canadian partners and investors. We met with big pharma. We promoted Alberta's interests as a bio-science destination for big pharma, and big pharma is a great example of why Premier Redford brought enterprise and advanced education together. Big pharma is excited by great science and they're excited about opportunities in Alberta because they recognize R&D from our academic institutions is world class. We can leverage that connectivity to promote Alberta's interests on a world scale. On his mandate to diversify the economy Our efforts in diversification should be playing to our strengths and building up assets around those strengths. When anyone thinks of Alberta they think of energy, and there is enormous spin-off potential from energy. Energy is not just about producing