I thank you for the suggestion and the statement. I just want to say that the environmental protection is the federal government's responsibility. We are fully aware of it, but we are also very concerned about our environment, because it is our environment.

We are going to be here into the future with our people. So the environment is here. Whatever happens with it today we are going to have to live with it. So we are very aware of it. We need to keep on pursuing for devolution through the Intergovernmental Forum. This is a long-term goal for us, that we want to take control of our land and resources up here, so that we call the shots on it and then we can no longer have to say that it is a federal responsibility, but it will be our responsibility eventually. That is what we are going for.

We need to have regular reporting from the federal government who are responsible. Either DIAND or Oceans and Fisheries, but it is mainly DIAND because the permits for the mines and the oil and gas, they give water licences. So through those processes there are conditions in there for environmental protection through those permitting and licensing the mining or the oil and gas exploration or even the pipeline, they have to have their own contingency plans if there is a spill. I know that Enbridge pipeline that crosses the river up stream from Fort Simpson on the Mackenzie, they practice for eventual possibilities for oil spills every year and they have a plan. They have the equipment there. So I know that every company that is operating on our land knows the concern that we have and these are very strict environmental possibilities surrounding that. Thank you.