Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the Member’s concerns, and I also appreciate his passion about hydro and the development of hydro not only in the Sahtu but in the territory. That’s important.

With respect to the situation on the Bear, we have had money in the past to look at various hydro solutions for that river with the community of Deline and we’ve yet to establish a feasible solution on

that river. I recently had the opportunity to meet with the president of the land corp, new Chief Kenny, and we had a very good meeting and they explained to us a new approach to hydro development on the Bear which would include a channel being run parallel to the river itself and wouldn’t involve damming the river at all. That’s something we want to explore with the community of Deline.

We believe this is an indication that we’re still very supportive of the advancement of hydro in the Sahtu. We do look forward to the day when we can find a viable solution to the Bear. When we do find that, we’re going to have to identify the capital dollars associated with developing that potential, and that could be substantial. I thank the Member again for his concern.