Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have just a couple of quick questions with the fur price program. Just as the Minister stated, the prices on the international market have gone up quite significantly, as much as 100 percent in some areas. Just with the trappers receiving the minimum price for the selected species of furs rate to as they bring them into the renewable resource officer, are

there any plans to raise these minimum fur prices to levels that are reflective of the current world prices now? I think that, right now, the trappers receive the bare minimum that they would get from the renewable resource office right on that day that they bring in their furs, but I feel that putting more money directly into their pockets while they are still trapping instead of sending them a big cheque in the springtime when all the trapping season is over, putting money in their pockets right away so they can continue trapping, buy gas, deal with the cost of living and all the other expenses that they incur during the trapping season, that would help them to get out there a little more often and a little more consistently. I see in 2004-05, there was $596,000 and then it dropped down to $345,000 for the last two years and carrying on with this budget also. Is there any appetite to make those minimum prices more reflective of the international fur market prices? Thank you, Mr. Chair.