Thank you. I am glad that you have taken a position that you do not want to issue any more permits. I still have a problem with what you consider consultation. Maybe you could elaborate on that.

I do feel that if it were not for some of the senior staff to go into the Cameron Hills...there are complaints from the communities and actually from some of your own staff. I think there is a problem up there. Maybe it has not gone up as far as your level.

Another area that I am concerned about, and Mr. Krutko has raised it a number of times, is the oil and gas issue and lack of available dollars to do oil and gas training and planning.

In the Deh Cho and the communities that I represent, I am seeing a real push for more oil and gas training. Some of the communities have gone as far as hiring oil and gas coordinators. They are doing a lot of work in the area of planning; developing a land use plan, impact benefits agreements and anything related to oil and gas, but I am not seeing any money flowing from this department. I have seen Mr. Ootes indicate that he is going to be committing, I think, $500,000 to oil and gas training, which is fine but it is not enough, and that is for across the board in the Territories. What is happening in the communities now is we are having to go to your department and dip into the BDF funding, which is not a great amount to start with. It is really taking away from any investment in the areas of small business.

So I am just wondering, what is your department planning to do to try to help and assist the communities with planning and training and preparation for oil and gas, that we know is all coming down the tubes?

Also, the other component that has to be addressed is the education about oil and gas. When you go to the communities and start talking about oil and gas, it is a real foreign issue and people do not understand the process. People do not understand what it is all about. I do not think it is reasonable to expect the community leaders to be able to stand up there and explain the whole process. It is going to take some commitment from this government to do that. Thank you.