A partial list of the matters that brought us into frequent and close contact over a period of seven years would include the creation and early activities of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency; the negotiation of economic development agreements between the federal government and Prince Edward Island; the Meech Lake Accord; Canada-U.S. free trade; the PVY-N virus which struck the P.E.I. potato crop; import restrictions imposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on P.E.I. potatoes; the need for investment incentives to offset closure of the Summerside air base; the location of the GST processing centre in Summerside; and ...[+++], of course, the fixed link.