I look forward to the Minister's announcement that some of these sites will be protected with regard to working with the federal government.
Mr. Chairman, the oil company that worked in our region that was planning to do some work on a sacred site identified by Tulita elders in the community of Tulita also identified a site. The oil company voluntarily withdrew that piece of land because of the nature of the site and the sacredness of the site. I am hoping that we could have that type of a meeting to show that there are areas around Great Bear Lake, Fort Good Hope and other areas that are identified in the Northwest Territories that would see some withdrawal of land. That's more of a comment to the Minister. I know he's working on it and I hope we can give support where he needs it to get the federal government to start withdrawing some of these lands. I know it's a balance between pro-development and resources development in terms of protecting our land. It's something we need to see; how serious the federal government is in protecting some of our lands and not just giving it away to oil companies and mining companies to say go ahead and you work a deal with the communities, you work this deal out with the communities. Let's stand up for the little guy here in the North.