Just a brief comment. Before I opened my mouth, Mr. Chairman, about the lack of policy -- and in fact, I did it twice today -- we did get confirmation from three departments of government last week that there is no such thing as a sustainable development policy which has been approved by our Executive Council. So, whatever may exist may be some guidelines.

What I find, Mr. Chairman, is that they are the mines, themselves, that propose guidelines. If you go to a mine, you see a whole list of what you can and cannot do. They decide. In other words, they've taken the bull by the horns and have said the people operating in this camp can do this and do that, but can't do that. They are doing the kinds of things that this government should have done in the first place. They have said, if there is going to be a mine, this is the way aircraft will behave, this is the way construction people will behave, this is the way archaeological sites will be looked after; a whole list of things.

In fact, all the letters that went from the various departments to the Department of Indian Affairs within the last few weeks about the mitigating circumstances surrounding the building of that little road contained all the issues they were concerned about. You shouldn't have to do that if you have a policy which outlines all these things. Because we don't have one, each department has to say, well for us, you have to make sure you do this; for us, you have to make sure you do that; and, for us, you have to make sure you do that. If you had a government policy, a real one, you wouldn't have to have different departments expressing all their concerns about the project.

That's what I mean about a policy. You've got to set it down. Don't let the mining people tell people that they can't hunt with this or they can't fish there. You should know and tell them what the rules are. Environmental matters are this government's responsibility. Thank you.