Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in terms of development, there are all kinds of different developments. Mining development is happening here in the Yellowknife area, north of Yellowknife, and also in some small areas in the Nahendeh riding. As well, oil and gas exploration is going on in the southern Nahendeh area, as well as in the Sahtu, mainly in the Delta. The whole discussion of the pipeline is also right across the Mackenzie Valley. Those are the two different types of development.

In the case of mining, there are impact benefit agreements that the mining companies have been able to negotiate with the four affected communities around them. So in terms of development, there is a mechanism in place that seems to be working fairly well.

In the oil and gas sector, in the Canadian oil and gas legislation, there is a provision in there for socio-economic arrangements that the First Nations could make with the developers. I think it is more applicable once exploration has happened and they have a significant find, and they are going to develop the gas and oil resources by putting a pipeline in. I think that is where the socio-economic agreement comes in.

Yes, I have instructed RWED, even though it is not really our mandate to do it, to look at some sort of template that the communities could use. In looking at the examples in Fort Liard as well Cameron Hills, we want to make sure there is some protection there, so we are developing a set of rules, a set of guidelines that could be applicable in these circumstances if the communities agree to use that type of arrangement and agreement. Thank you.