Mr. Speaker, that's the question I thought I was answering. I had asked the same question to the department in December. There has been extensive exploration and staking in this area for the last two years. In fact, most of the land in the North Slave has been staked and there are stakers and companies setting up base camps in a number of areas.
The concern has been put to the department about exactly what steps are being taken to monitor this activity so that they can come up with a framework that would give myself, as the Minister, an idea of what we're going to do to ensure they're not having a negative impact on the wildlife and to be proactive. We have to go out to talk to these developers and stakers and advise them on how they should be conducting their work to minimize any potential impact. As I said, that question has been put to the department.
I know that the renewable resource officers, field officers, researchers and biologists spend a great deal of their time monitoring and watching activities, not only of developers but of local people, so I have no doubt that they are monitoring. That is part of their job. As far as giving the Member specific information about what is being done on a day-to-day basis and what specific measures are being taken, I don't have that information with me but, as I've said, I've asked for it as well. Thank you.