Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Government of the Northwest Territories has lobbied the federal government to make certain that the evaluation facility, which would take rough diamonds that are produced here in the north for the purpose of evaluating before they are moved elsewhere, is located in the north. I think we have met with some degree of success. First of all, the Minister Ron Irwin has indicated his support for locating such a facility here in the Northwest Territories provided we work out the logistics and technical details and address the cost of building and maintaining such a facility. We have agreed to work on that together.

Our Member of Parliament, Ethel Blondin-Andrew, has also met with the Finance Minister, Paul Martin. Mr. Martin has indicated to her, I understand, his support for locating such a facility here in the Northwest Territories as well. We have also gone ahead to contract a diamond valuer out of Britain to give us a report on how these types of facilities are managed and funded in other jurisdictions, and to look at the requirements and feasibility of having a facility here in the Northwest Territories and how we would go about developing that. This report will be available in the next couple of weeks. It is our expectation that the consultant will be here in Yellowknife in the first week of March to meet with us and other parties to work out and explain the implications and the expectations of having such a facility here in the Northwest Territories. Thank you.