Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank

you, committee. My question is: could I get some further explanation as to the reduction of the Diavik Socio-Economic Agreement?

One of the complaints I hear on the street is: are they meeting up to their needs? To some degree I think they are, but my concern is the monitoring efforts of that.

I think it was a bold move last year when we were able to bring in the three diamond mines to have a talk with committee, and I thought that was very useful for information.

But I’m just curious: what will be lost, in the sense of the work being done, if we go from a budgeted item of $180,000 down to $76,000? I just want to

first make sure what’s being taken off the table and what will continue to be done to make sure that this job is being done properly.