There has been significant public consultation on the transportation side of things done by Mr. Antoine. I have had recent meetings with some of the aboriginal leadership about two weeks ago in terms of the overall direction that we are going. I just met with the Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce which was a full-house on Friday, explaining where we are heading with this issue. We have recently sent invitations and have been asked to speak to the Alternatives North group, Ecology North, the NWT Chamber of Mines, the NWT Chamber of Commerce, et cetera. There are consultations by myself, who is charged with a political responsibility to move forward on this. We will be undertaking many of these consultations as we get a little closer to a draft in which people can respond to.
In the meantime, in the early stages of development of this, I did ask a number of well-respected leaders right across the territories if they would meet with me on an informal basis to ensure that I was on the right track. I am pleased to say I did have a meeting with Ms. Cournoyea, who heads up the Inuvialuit Development Corporation, Mr. Willard Hagen, who is involved with the Gwich'in, Mr. Mike Vaydik, from the Chamber of mines, Mr. Gordy Stewart from the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Danny Gaudet who is involved in the Deline area and Mr. Darryl Beaulieu and Mr. Alan Vaughan two weeks ago in an effort to seek the litmus test to see if we were heading in the right direction.
It certainly is our intention, once we put pen to paper and have a draft as to where we should head, that we would have further discussions on this important initiative and move forward in an orderly way in our discussions with Mr. Martin and Ms. Stewart in the coming months. Thank you.