First of all, I will endorse the development of this department. I can appreciate, as many Members say, about conflicting mandates. It's late, so I won't go into how deep my support runs, but it runs deep. I will say one thing with regard to the cost. When we do the official split in a few weeks, I would endorse that the Ministry keep the same uniforms and we phase things out. So don't throw all the business cards out just yet and the letterhead. Maybe we can do things in a smart manner. The cost associated with that is quite significant and so would throwing it all out and starting from scratch.
I have two questions. The first one my colleague had mentioned regarding Giant Mine. There is a big concern I have with regard to brown fields and contaminated sites in the Northwest Territories. The Minister would be no stranger to the Giant Mine, growing up here. He is well versed in understanding the arsenic problem. Without going into significant details, what is his department going to do in a lead position to address the Giant Mine problem as well as balancing the other brown fields across the Northwest Territories that need immediate action and attention on a federal government level?
The second one, just moving along, because I know Members are exhausted, is if he could speak in the context of which communities will get the first rollout on the beverage container area and how he expects that to be rolled out in a public education sense. So it's beverage container and Giant Mine, two easy softballs. I would like to get some idea on what is happening with those two issues. Thank you.
