Thank you. The Member is referring to the Mackenzie Valley development planning division that we have internally, and much of its work at this point surrounds being the lead agency and coordinating departments' efforts to bring ECE and MACA and other government departments and other agencies together as we move forward as we try to plan for this development.
As I mentioned earlier in the House today in reference to Member Groenewegen's questions, we see the need to be out in front on this file. Obviously we don't want this to pass us by. There certainly is a need to be coordinating with local communities, with First Nations governments and also with the federal government, the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs.
We've also been working closely with the Aboriginal Pipeline Group. The Member knows we proposed to continue our funding for that group. This is a development we are getting a lot of feedback about in that it seems to be one of the first major significant projects of its scope and nature that would have full aboriginal ownership and partnership. I think this is something quite monumental and at times may not understand how significant this is, but I think this bodes very well for the future of this development. I think it will be a blueprint for future developments in the Northwest Territories and I hope indeed across the country.
So I hope to continue to communicate with other departments and provide support on behalf of this government. I certainly look forward to working with my colleagues on the joint committee to provide some overall strategic direction to the government in terms of how we best meet the needs and how we best equip ourselves to be out in front as this pipeline comes to fruition. Thank you.