I think it is important for everybody to understand that Mr. Lazarovich does not determine what Canadian public policy is, as it relates to diamond sorting and valuation. So really, Mr. Lazarovich or whoever he is is some nondescript bureaucrat that gives advice to the federal ministers. As I have indicated many times, he may think he is the Canadian expert on diamonds. I would like to think I am the Canadian expert on northern diamonds.

The position in terms of trying to determine what an appropriate public policy should be as it relates to diamonds in the Northwest Territories will be made by politicians, not bureaucrats. I have assurances from both Ministers that the northern position and the position we are taking will be included in the public policy that will eventually develop and will meet the needs not just of northerners, but of Canada as a whole. Thank you.