Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just have a couple of concerns with Minister's Statement 5-15(4) by the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs with respect to the $1.3 million that is going to be provided to the NWT for the assessment of the impacts of the proposed Mackenzie gas project. I guess just looking at the numbers and seeing that the 21 communities that are going to be affected will be directly affected or more affected, I should say, with pipeline development which equates to around $50,000 for each one of those communities. With probably more funding available through some of the negotiations with the proponents and even further funding through federal government funding sources for these communities to assess the social, economic and long-term impacts of the Mackenzie gas project, my attention is drawn to the other 11 communities in the NWT that are not considered high impact zones with the Mackenzie gas proponents and with the federal government.

This government here has also committed to providing $50,000 to these 11 community governments for their review and planning and assessing any potential impacts and opportunities with the pipeline construction. I am just wondering if this is a one-shot deal. Is this a one $15,000 deal for these 11 communities, or is this a yearly contribution to the communities to deal with all the technical, professional and legal aspects to review the pipeline impact on these communities?

I think a project of this magnitude is going to affect the NWT everywhere, whether you are right next to the pipeline or whether you are 500 kilometres away from the pipeline. I think there will be as many people moving into communities like Fort Smith, Fort Resolution, Hay River and other non-impact zone communities as will be going into Fort Good Hope, Fort Simpson and all those communities that are right next to the pipeline. I just don't see how $50,000 for any one of these 11 communities is going to help to do a thorough review of any impact that the community is going to be able to measure from the

pipeline project or any opportunities that they are going to be able to identify. I just want to ask if there is any more funding on the horizon for these so-called low impact zone communities that the Mackenzie gas project will be impacting just as much as the communities right along the pipeline route. That's my first question. Thank you.