Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Because of the Caucus meeting in Hay River, where virtually every Member mentioned the importance of the environment and highlighting that particular issue, it became clear to us that the idea of setting up a Ministry or Department of Energy may not be in line with the political views of Caucus, from what we heard.

Following that, we met again in January and decided to ask Minister Antoine if he would also look at making a paper and having discussions with Mr. Handley and come forward to Cabinet with it.

It became clear that we did not have time to discuss it before the session. I asked Cabinet to give it the proper attention that it deserves. During the session, there was not enough time for the attention that should be paid to it available, so we agreed that following this session, when the Ministers come forward, we will take a day or two to have that discussion. Thank you.