Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the intent of this funding was to assist the communities to prepare and deal with the regulatory review process. As I indicated earlier, it was funding we felt we needed to put into the hands of the communities to assist them to deal with the pipeline construction application. The hearings are going to be starting fairly quick this summer, late summer more than likely. The communities needed the resources to be able to deal with it.

There are 11 communities that have been recognized outside of the Mackenzie gas study area. We did not provide a lot of money for them to take part in this process. We were able to provide some dollars, however, our intention was to be able to deal with the communities that were directly affected and recognized by the Mackenzie gas project environmental impact statement or were recognized as interveners.

These dollars are one time. We're looking at it as a short-term solution to a larger issue. We're expecting the federal government to have some dollars. My colleague from Industry, Tourism and Investment tells me that we're expecting some federal intervention money. We're hoping that will provide the dollars, as the Member is asking, to the communities that were receiving the smaller amount. But this is really intended just to carry the communities through until such time as other dollars can be recognized. It's a short-term solution.