Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, it is good that the department is committing to do an analysis of the forest. I think it is long overdue. I think it is something that should have been done in past years with people of the community of Fort Resolution who know the area the best. I would like to see if the Minister would commit to expanding the environmental assessment or doing a baseline information gathering in that area in light of the fact there is a group of people interested in reopening the site for mining and expanding on the old site.

The traditional knowledge component to that data collection and development of a baseline would be very useful and would be very helpful to the community of Fort Resolution. The people there would be very appreciative, I am pretty sure. The elders who are living with us would contribute greatly. As you know, Mr. Chairman, the inventory of oil and gas we have seen in the last few years is alarming and it will not live forever. Our resources and the knowledge that our elders have are on schedule, I guess you can call it, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.