Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. It is in regards to a statement I made earlier in the week, regarding a meeting which was held in Aklavik between the Gwich'in Tribal Council and a firm out of Calgary, Ground River Resources, hopefully, which is looking at lands for oil and gas within the Gwich'in settlement region. At the present time, there are funds available within the department for consultation with developers such as the mining companies for areas where there is development such as the Deh Cho and the Sahtu.
My question to the minister is, will he make those resources available to the Gwich'in Tribal Council and also have his resource people start that consultation with the Gwich'in to start looking at accessing some of those resources so they can meet with this company out of Calgary and start looking at what the potential possibility of oil and gas development is and the spin-offs that will come from that as soon as possible?