Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The impact benefit agreements have been an issue, Mr. Chairman, which several Members have asked me about. The difficulty we face with this, Mr. Chairman, is that we do not have access to the content of the impact benefit agreements because they are private agreements between a corporation and a land claims organization or an aboriginal group.

We have no indication that is related, Mr. Chairman, to a land claim benefit. I have to adhere to the policy, Mr. Chairman, because of that. As I said, we have no access to those particular agreements. If we did, perhaps we could be more definitive as to whether they are or are not related directly to treaties.