Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The task force is going to be comprised of two co-chairs, Mr. Handley from my department and someone from the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs will be co-chairing this on behalf of the Government of Canada. The task force members will be, again, the Department of Finance from our side, my department, and the federal department of Finance, Indian and Northern Affairs, and Natural Resources Canada. We know the views expressed by the band officials so far to date is not necessarily shared or supported by everyone in the various federal departments. It is my view that the task force

is primarily set up to review existing information and advice both governments have received to date and to share them to make sure they are of some substance and merit and further, to see what we can do together as governments, to get ready to account for ourselves to the Canadian public for the day when we will be asked, for instance, why did we not insist that as a condition of licence that diamonds be sorted and possibly sold in this country? Why did we not, like other countries, insist that valuation for government purposes be done off site in an adjacent community? What are the views that have compelled Dr. Lazarovitch to argue so strongly in favour of the business interests of BHP and so little in favour of promoting and protecting the public interest? We will have time to review that in substance. As a government and as a Minister, I would be prepared to find ways in which to make as much of that information available as possible. Of course, we would have to get agreement from the federal government on that as well, but I am sure there will be no substantive objections to that. Thank you.