Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On page 11-14 on the environmental protection services. Just a small comment here to the small communities where we're looking at initiatives where we can do as much as we can for the protection of our environment and keep it in its natural state as much as possible. The contribution of Pampers and plastic bags are wildly spread across our dump areas. In springtime you'll see the plastic bags all over the...Oh, good, is the Premier here? I guess I wanted to ask the Minister, in the small communities there are some really good initiatives that could happen to support local agencies and local groups to think about the environment. Really serious about it is to start being more responsible in terms of allowing these small groups, such as youth groups, women's groups or any kind of fundraising groups. People are concerned about the damages that plastic bags and Pampers and other stuff can do to our land. They're all over the land and I think that's something that we could teach our children or younger generation about taking care of the land.
The biggest contributors are Northern Stores and Co-op. In a small community it's a big impact. It may seem small in larger centres like Yellowknife, but in small communities the whole community buys into that project. It starts to change your attitude in how you think about the environment. In springtime it doesn't look very good when you go to the local waste sites and you see plastic bags all over the land. We say, boy, it's a sad state, but someone should do something about it.
I guess I'm looking toward this government here and particularly the Minister in terms of his views on the protection of the environment and the land that some of these small initiatives could be looked at in the communities in terms of supporting them also.