Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm not aware of the methodology they used at the community level. I know that, as the Minister responsible for this initiative, it's important to me that we seek community input into this new strategy that has come about for two reasons: one, because there are fundamental differences in tourism development in the east and west. There is a highway system in the west, there is different geography in terms of where the client comes from and there is a non-highway air system in the east. Coupled with that, division is imminent in 1999. Those were the primary reasons for looking at establishing two associations that were more reflective of the industry.

I would suggest to the honourable Member that if there was a request for written submissions, that would be one way of doing it. I would hope there would also be the opportunity for oral submissions. If, in fact, the consultant did, as the Member suggested, move quickly through his constituency, particularly the Nahanni area, I'll look into that and see what we can do to ensure that the Nahanni Ram Tourism Association is given adequate time to send in their comments. We should seek their counsel on how we would go about reorganizing two tourist associations in the east and the west, and how we're going to go about running the zone associations in a more cost-effective way, given the fact that we're looking at some budget restraints and cutbacks in the overall category of support for zones. Thank you.