Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I believe that the Premier provided the right answer today when asked by the Member for the Sahtu whether or not this government is prepared to, in correspondence with the federal government's initiative, form some kind of a committee with a mandate to oversee some of the issues related to the pipeline. I think that time is of the essence on this. There are lots of communities that are waiting with a great deal of anticipation to learn how they can plug in and benefit from a lot of different benefits which may accrue to northerners as a result of the Mackenzie Valley pipeline.

So I want to talk about the appointment of such a committee, the formation of such a committee, and what might be in their mandate. I want to ask the Premier why this government would limit their interest in assisting people to issues of socioeconomic agreements, training and ownership. Those are the three that he mentioned. Why would other things be outside of that? I know from his visit to Hay River and other communities, he knows that there are other types of interest that communities have in terms of participation, and even in the environmental review process, things like that. It takes investment and finances to participate in some of these things, and I don't want to see northerners precluded from doing that. This is a very big event and it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity really to realize significant participation in this. So could the Premier speak to the issue of why just the three things that he mentioned would be exclusively the interest of this government? Thank you.