Mr. Speaker, I wasn't really clear if Mr. Braden is referring to the panel or to the development of the strategy? Panel? Mr. Speaker, in terms of the strategy, then the only dollars we'll be putting out on this that I can foresee will be our own staff working on it and our travel or those sorts of related costs. Mr. Speaker, in saying that, I have to acknowledge that our staff in the Executive and many departments are very busy. People are feeling somewhat overloaded in a lot of cases. I want to be careful to say we will use our staff time, but if we need to speed this up and it's necessary to engage others, then we will. I don't intend to go to some big consulting contract to do this. I think we have a lot of expertise right here; it's a matter of finding the time to do it.

Mr. Speaker, as I said before, I feel that we can't delay in doing this. If it means extra resources, let's get the extra resources and get on with it quickly. This is an important exercise. We have a lot of major projects going on in the Northwest Territories and potentially happening. We need to get this strategy in place quickly and I certainly emphasize that with the Prime Minister. We are prepared

to roll up our sleeves and get on with it. It's too critical to our development. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.