Mr. Speaker, the Sahtu

Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement in 1994 included an obligation for the Government of the Northwest Territories to prepare a park management plan for a territorial park along the Canol Heritage Trail. A park management plan was developed under the direction of a park

management committee, which was comprised of representatives of Industry, Tourism and Investment and Sahtu land claim organizations, and was approved on January 22, 2007. Now, as I had talked about the cleanup that was required -- and the federal government is responsible for cleanup of the trail -- the full cleanup is expected to take between five to 10 years. A federal-territorial working group is being convened to address issues related to the trail. As part of that, we can work with this committee to look at whether there are opportunities to take certain parts of it and move forward while we’re waiting for the trail to be cleaned up. Thank you.