Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Since the mine went into receivership earlier this year, the Government of the Northwest Territories has been actively seeking to be a player in the process. The mine itself is in receivership, and the receiver has undertaken to look for someone to buy the company, the assets and take over the operations of the mine, if possible. Also, the receiver has been seeking clarification on the environmental liability of the mine. We have, as a government, made it clear to the receiver earlier, that we think it is important that the interests of the workers also be taken into account and treated with serious consideration, people that are owed wages, overtime, and benefits. These need to be clarified and dealt with by the receiver and by the federal government if they are involved in that process. We have tried to keep that in the forefront as well as the fact that, if possible, we hope that a buyer would come forward that could also operate the mine, at

least for some time in the future, to minimize the economic impact of a massive layoff at this time. We have also said that the environmental liability has to be clarified up front. We have been pushing the federal government to do that as well. Thank you.