Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Since last Friday when the House was sitting, I said I had a call into Minister Collins to see if she could find alternatives rather than dumping the scrap metal into the ocean. I spoke to her that night and my staff have been pursuing this issue with different departments, mostly Environment Canada. My executive assistant has been speaking to Ms. Collins' staff. As of 1:15 pm today, it was confirmed that the permit date will be

postponed from March 19 to April 15. This will allow the communities to have more input in the disposal of the scrap metal. The federal Environment, I was told, still has an opportunity to establish a board of review. I was told for the meeting of March 15 the officials of the federal department are still working on details of how they will conduct the review with the communities. Thank you.