Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Well as my honourable colleague knows, we are working with our partners in the Union of Northern Workers to reach a negotiated settlement under Pay Equity. I do not see the relevancy. I have indicated to you in the House that it is my desire, assuming the partners and Union of Northern Workers can come to the table that we will try to conclude an agreement by April 1, 1998. I have set some deadlines as to how we are trying to reach an arrangement. I do not see where that is relevant to a much larger issue in relationship to long-term environmental liabilities that have been going on for 20, 30 or 40 years.
I have already said to my colleague, I will try to figure it out, and I will ask my department what degree of liability does this government have, and what does the federal government have. We recognize it is important and we are trying to, through negotiations, reach an arrangement and determine what the net cost of this is going to be in relationship to cleanup. Thank you.