Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Co-operative Movement is a part of the economic framework in the

communities throughout the north. Many of the activities that we undertake lead to production of goods that require marketing strategy. It has been our work through the Development Corporation and through the department to assist in developing overall economic strategy as well as marketing strategy specifically to move along goods that we have produced over the years. For instance, in some cases, we have produced quality goods only to have them stocked in warehouses in southern Canada because we have made a great plan on production, but no plan and subsequent work to make sure that there was a market and marketing strategy in place to get these out to the public. We have been working the last couple of years through the Development Corporation and through the department with the Co-operatives and the subsidiaries of the NWT Development Corporation to address this deficiency. Thank you.