Mr. Chairman, through the principal secretary, the Premier's office is kept informed as to issues of national significance, national interest, issues that we feel she should be made aware of as a result of our own interest here in the Northwest Territories. Our Ottawa office and our office here make a point to make sure that the information is provided to the Premier's office every day.

We are also developing a paper -- which will be developed over the next month or two -- in partnership with other departments. Other deputy ministers will scope out more of the national issues that are of concern to this government, and the approach that we should take as a government, in our view as a ministry; that this government should take in pursuing these issues.

For instance, on some issues we may very well agree and be able to articulate detail. For instance, the economic issues that the Member is continuously referring to, we may find that we are in full agreement with his sentiments and suggest that we should do that on some issues. On other issues, we may disagree and find that we want to take a more wait-and-see approach, a monitoring approach. So we are working on such a position paper. Thank you.