Thank you, Madam Chair. I think it is important to clarify again that the hydrographic surveys are not for the pipelines, but rather these are surveys done mostly by the Coast Guard using sounding and sonar machines in their vessels to see how deep these passages are. Although they are more expensive than the surveying that you see here along the highway, I think you could make that comparison that it is part of the ongoing responsibility of the government to make sure that they are safe and that we have accurate information about them. I did say that the last one was done about 50 years ago. So that is important to remember.
On the consultation side, there were indeed several meetings of the Keewatin Resupply Committee in the Keewatin. There was one cancelled due to poor weather. There were also individual meetings in the communities with the Department of Public Works and Services and the Department of Transportation staff. It has been, I cannot really tell you how long the Department of Public Works and Services has had the proposal to go ahead with the pipeline, but it became very clear to me some time ago that this was the thing to do and this was what we had to do. The announcement I made was made shortly after I had been able to convince Cabinet and got direction from them. Thank you.