Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It's a good question, Mr. Speaker. Naturally we want to ensure that we maximize, to the best possibilities, all of the employees that are at Con at the moment who have been employed by Miramar, to ensure that they are able to maximize their pensions and so forth. There's also a consultant who has been hired; David Milne who has worked, I understand, previously with Miramar, to assist workers on a transition plan. We can certainly enter into some questions and discussions with Miramar on this, Mr. Speaker, to find out what the plans are, what the timeframe is and how the employees can be involved. Also I'm sure that the union itself is naturally interested in this area, so we'll touch base with the various organizations in this.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Could I take that to be a commitment from the Minister to engage in discussions with the company and any other interested parties, including the union, to see how this can be done and have the Minister to at least communicate to the rest of the Yellowknife MLAs in writing about what the outcome of that sort of engagement is? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. The honourable Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, as I say, Mr. Speaker, we first have to update ourselves on what action has been taken, what the union has entered into discussions here with the corporation itself and what the plans of the corporation are; timeframe and so forth. We can provide an update to the Member.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Your final supplementary, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In that search and work that the Minister has committed to do, may I ask the Minister to also look into the companies and any other involved parties in making this process as public as possible; everything that has to do with closing and cleaning up the Con Mine be done in a public way? Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. The honourable Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as a territorial government, our Ministers have been coordinated through the Premier who has been chairing several meetings. We've had Mr. Dent as part of our committee, and we've involved the mayor from time to time, and included the union and company officials. We are in touch with those officials, Mr. Speaker, and we'll do our best to keep everyone informed publicly. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Frame Lake, Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are again for the Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development in follow up to questions on the arsenic situation at Giant. I think as I've made very clear, people are concerned about the lack of activity in terms of getting the process started, and are very interested in knowing what the timetable is. The Minister yesterday talked about the plan for dealing with the arsenic to have to go through an assessment. Could he outline the steps and the timetable for getting approval for the project, and especially could he outline if part of the requirement is a full-blown environment assessment? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. The honourable Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister indicates that he thinks a full environmental assessment would likely be required of the project, once that project description is filed. As I understand it, an EA can be required by stakeholders requesting that that happen. Is it this government's position that a full-blown EA is necessary? Will this government be triggering the environmental assessment?

Thank you, Mr. Dent. The honourable Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, that answered my first question if the Minister could give an outline of what he understand the timetable to be; he indicated it would be a fair while, he thought. Does he have an estimate of what this government expects to be the start date for the cleanup of the Giant site?

Thank you, Mr. Dent. The honourable Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Your final supplementary, Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, do we have to wait until the final plan is filed before we can start on the surface reclamation? Is there any reason not to start that immediately?

Thank you, Mr. Dent. The honourable Minister of RWED, Mr. Antoine.