Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is our intention to continue with the direction we set, which is to have BHP continue to allocate a portion of their monthly production and make it available to businesses that they chose to do business with locally for cutting and polishing purposes.
It was possible that BHP could have picked partners that would locate in places like Edzo, Fort Rae, Providence, Deline, Hay River or Fort Smith, but they did not do that. The businesses they chose set up shop in Yellowknife. We will continue to seek ways to see whether we can encourage business in the future that would do business with BHP and Diavik to ensure that a portion of that monthly allocation is made available for businesses in places other than Yellowknife, if that is possible.
Right now, it is done on an agreement basis. BHP, for instance, has the final say in whom they choose to do business with. I am sure Diavik and Aber Resources would do the same thing. We are hopeful that De Beers will also come around and agree that it is in their interest as a business to go the way that BHP and Diavik have done. It will take some further work. Thank you.