Thank you. We do rely on southern auction houses to sell the furs, and I know the Member is very aware of that. I think we recognize that we had some communication problems initially with helping people in the territory understand some of the recent changes we've made to the programs. Sometimes that's because there's turnover at the local level and we tried to address that by putting together a communications package and making sure that our renewable resource officers have this information and can speak with community members. I think it's also about making sure that in the large markets in southern Canada or the United States, people have an understanding and a recognition of just how valuable our Mackenzie Valley furs are. That's why we've tried to make sure that our fur pricing bonus is available for the finest furs so that when people see products from the Northwest Territories they're impressed and it creates demand and that will allow us to keep these trappers doing what they do best, as the Member has said. Once they're on the land they are sustainable.

So I think we need to work with southern auction houses to continue to develop this genuine Mackenzie Valley fur program, to make sure that there is a demand and there is a premium for furs coming from the Northwest Territories. I have asked the department to carefully look at many of our programs and see if we can't take a look at some of the rationale for doing these, make sure that the programs we're delivering are still our highest priority programs.

I have no illusions and no belief that we're going to find a lot of new money, so I've asked the department to look at some of the money we're currently spending and if we're spending money in priority areas that no longer seem to make sense, then I'd like to adjust it and move it into some areas that we know are important to us going forward. I do believe there will be a lot of profile on oil and gas and on mining and that needs a lot of our support, but largely economic issues will drive that. If we truly believe that we're going to and it's important to have a diversified economy, we need to put more money into some of these other activities and I'll certainly work to continue to do that. Thank you.