Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, we have been looking very seriously in this area in the environmental protection services. It is a key focus for us in the Northwest Territories. In the area where we have the responsibilities, it is kind of limited, but in the meantime, our people in the North are telling us we have to be very vigilant with the water, the land and the air quality. We have been told to also take into consideration the wildlife that is there.

That is what we are doing. We are looking at the environment, the wildlife area. We are doing some work towards climate change. We hope to have a workshop by elders this year to talk about climate change. At the same time, we have air monitoring stations now, one in Fort Liard. We plan to put one in Norman Wells, as well as in Inuvik, because of the increase in oil and gas activity that is going on. We want to keep an eye on the air quality. We have an interim resource management assistance program that we have put into place.

In the environmental protection area, we are looking at baseline and cumulative effects monitoring. We have put regional environmental protection officers in a couple of places through the North. So we have done a number of initiatives to try to put some emphasis in that area. There is a renewed interest in our environment over the last year and we as a department are looking at putting together some initiatives that have been out there, that have been suggested to us. Hopefully, in the near future, we will come forward with some other initiatives that are out there. Thank you.