Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I wanted to ask a question here regarding oil and gas and realizing opportunities from resource extraction activities in the North, as the fifth paragraph states here. For many, many years, we have known in the communities, I am sure this government must have known -- I was not here so I cannot speak about that part of it. I do know since I became elected, I have been raising the concept of oil and gas. There has always been discussion about the benefits of oil and gas and it has even been compared to the jobs and the value-added activities that we have seen in the diamond industry. I know the territorial government, RWED, has put a lot of energy, many dollars and many resources towards developing the diamond industry. I am just wondering if they are looking at oil and gas and some of the benefits that we could see in terms of value-added.
I think we have lost some opportunity because nobody is really watching and monitoring. There is a pipeline being built in the Cameron Hills. For many years, many of us assumed that we would be looking at a refinery. However, there was no discussion on that idea, no discussion on that concept. I wanted to know if this department had done any research or cost/benefit analysis, or had raised this issue at any time, regarding the potential for a refinery in the Cameron Hills.
