(S3O-1005) The lessons for Scotland that I identified on my visits to businesses and legislatures in Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, Victoria and Vancouver over five days of the recess are as follows: first, Canadian businesses are receptive to the Government's message and will invest further in Scotland; secondly, Canadian businesses are receptive to doing more business with more Scottish companies in Canada, given the success of existing Scottish businesses and our national and business common values; thirdly, the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia are doing particularly well because they enjoy a high level of financial and fiscal autonomy, control their own resources and retain an increasingly fair share of the wealth created in their provinces; and fourthly, we saw the oil and gas royalty review in Alberta, based on a report called "Our Fair Share", in which the concept that"Alberta's natural resources belong to Albertans"was taken as given and tabled unchallenged.I drew the conclusions that, first, Scotland under the SNP Government is now on the right track, and secondly, that our aspirations to emulate and exceed the powers of Canadian provinces are right, urgent and guaranteed to reward the people of Scotland.