I just want to make it clear that we can't limit our options to only one company. They are a major provider of services in terms of telephone and computer linkages in the Northwest Territories. We can't limit our options to only one company. With expanding technological devices that keep coming onto the market, we have to keep our options open and there may be cheaper options. I just want to make that comment.
The next area is the area of environmental liability. Again, this is a new and emerging field that we have to be very cautious and conscious of because our north is a pristine country, as we know, and we wish to keep it that way. We want to keep it clean of contaminants on the ground, in the water and in the air. There are high costs associated with this. Those who live in Yellowknife all know this because of the testing that has been going on with the mines. It is a very costly and new field that businesses and government is entering into.
The aboriginal groups are also getting into this business, especially the Inuvialuit and the Nunasi Corporation in terms of DEW Line clean-ups. It is a new area and the issue that I wish to address is the GNWT Environmental Committee that has been set up and is referred to in the report. Who is on this committee and are they including people who are in the business of cleaning up and working with the environment, for example, the aboriginal companies? Are they part of this?