Mr. Speaker, while it's true that the federal government can probably just go ahead and permit the building of the Mackenzie pipeline in spite of concerns, objectives or issues that are raised in the North, they can expropriate land and do what they feel is in the national interest. That is not the way the federal government wants to do this. That is why, Mr. Speaker, I understand that Minister Anne McLellan has been given the lead on this one. She is to work out a way to have the pipeline move ahead with the support of northerners. So what does the federal government want? They want our support as northerners. Mr. Speaker, I can tell you that the Prime Minister very much recognizes the importance of the North, and the Northwest Territories in particular, to all Canadians. He wants to see that pipeline go ahead. He does not, from his words to me, want to see it go over in spite of objectives from us. The only thing we have is our support. The federal government could license it and just run right over us if they wanted to, but I don't believe it will go that way.

I am also, Mr. Speaker, very much in support of the pipeline, but the same as Mrs. Groenewegen, I am not in support of it at any cost. There has to be a benefit to us. It's our future. Thank you.