Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, one of the requests made of me in regard to the possibility of a DEC after a study was done regarding the fair treatment of Hay River in regard to being a member or being a non-member of the DEC, was that what would it cost to establish a DEC in its own right? I have provided that information, Mr. Speaker, to the Hay River DEA as well as the DEC, and there is substantial cost involved in order to establish a separate DEC.
Additionally, I informed the DEC, who is my appropriate channel of contact, that if there was a possibility of some discussion of commonality to discuss with me concerning representation, then I would be more than willing to do so. I did not receive word back. Initially, that is what was wanted but I did not receive word back that they could proceed on that. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.