In regards to communities in the Northwest Territories to take part of development applications which are going forward before the Environmental Assessment Review Board, basically there is a clause in the agreement which clearly states that, as part of the review, they have to consider the social and economic impacts on small communities. It is in the legislation. Mr. Speaker, the community of Kakisa had to take the regulatory board to court to tell them why they are not following their own rules. By doing that, the government is now opening up a process to ensure that small communities have the capacity to not only be involved in how do you intervene on a regulatory process but also having the capacity to basically do that.

Mr. Speaker, I don’t think there is anything majorly wrong with the regulatory process in the Northwest Territories. It is only 10 years old. It is a young regulatory system, but for us to be dictated by people in Ottawa or basically have a consultant come up here from Calgary to tell us what is good for us, I don’t agree with that. I think the process is in place. We should ensure that we follow the systems that have been negotiated going on 30 years and allow that process to take hold. Thank you.