Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I take the motion from Fort Liard as a credible motion. It was done, I have always said, at a moment when unanimously united, the aboriginal leaders demonstrated an extremely high level of confidence. They proposed to work towards a pipeline, without articulating all the terms and conditions under which they would propose such a project. I have always said that I think it points to the high level of confidence that this demonstrated amongst the aboriginal leadership.

Since then, I have seen the level of confidence has perhaps diminished among some of the leaders in the Deh Cho. It is still unprecedented, in my view, that for well over a year and a half, that level of confidence was demonstrated.

The Deh Cho has indicated that they are now apparently no longer for or against, but have said that they have some terms and conditions before they would be willing to support development of a pipeline. There is still an application yet to be made of anyone proposing to build a pipeline. The terms and conditions that the Deh Cho articulated two years ago are terms and conditions that I think this government will support and will work with the Deh Cho to achieve.

While some leaders in the Deh Cho may have indicated they are no longer as supportive as they were, we do not see this as any reason to continue anything but full support for seeing the development of an application to build a pipeline down the Mackenzie Valley. Once an application is made, I believe everyone will come out with their terms and conditions under which that application should be considered. Anything before is simply pre-empting the process. Thank you.