Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development is the Minister that is responsible for dealing with these types of issues, but in our view, and I think it has been said that there is no other group out there that has the endorsement of the majority of the aboriginal leadership. There is no mandate. There is no credibility given at this time to another group for whatever proposal.

We have talked to some sources in Ottawa, the producers of the Alaskan gas field, as well as the Delta producers, the oil and gas and the pipeline companies in Calgary, and none of them, as far as we know, give any credence or credibility to this other proposal, if you want to call it that.

At this time, we believe it is imperative that all of us continue to encourage the producers and the aboriginal groups to work to develop a single proposal to bring Delta gas down the Mackenzie Valley as soon as possible under terms and conditions that the aboriginal groups will continue to support. Once an application is made, it will become important that we stay united to make sure that there is an application made to bring Canadian gas, Delta gas, NWT gas, down the Mackenzie Valley as soon as possible.

I believe that once that is secured, then it will become economically and politically more viable for the Alaskan producers to suggest that since a pipeline is possibly and potentially going to be built down the Mackenzie Valley in any event, they would propose to support it. They would see that a pipeline is going to be built anyway and that it would be more economical for them to link up with the proposed Mackenzie Valley route to bring their gas to market.

That is the thinking, and that anything else that would delay getting our act together, anything that would look like we are fractured and divided, we are running around in circles, will certainly give the Alaskan politicians an upper hand. In the end, I think that would completely do a disservice to everyone in the Northwest Territories. Thank you.