Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, there has been a considerable amount of work done, particularly in the health promotion area and the nutritional value of northern foods. Actually, the work has also been done in consultation with the aboriginal organizations throughout the Northwest Territories. The information I am going to quote comes from the Northwest Territories Health Status Report. The messages we have tried to get out to the communities and to the population of the Northwest Territories is that contaminants in the food chain are not thought to pose a direct threat to the health of adult humans. In fact, the nutritional value is found to be much more of a benefit to individuals who prefer northern foods than eating chips and junk food. That message is delivered over and over again through the pre-natal nutrition classes.

There has been quite an amount of information that has been produced. The NWT Meal Guide that was produced by nutritionists throughout the Northwest Territories and distributed to all health centres and physicians to ensure that not only the nutritional value of northern foods was available, but that all the pros and cons were actually associated in a document that was very user friendly. That information is also available in the schools for the children.