Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to ask this department on the oil and gas information that we’ve been receiving the last couple of days on the resources and how the oil companies are looking at ways to extract the oil out of the Tulita district and the Sahtu through Norman Wells.

They talked about the hydraulic fracking. I know this is old and new information. It’s been used in Canada for awhile. It’s fairly new to us here. They did a little bit up in the Fort Liard area in the gas fields there, but with us in the Sahtu, they are talking about this as a potential method that they want to extract shale oil. It’s quite new for us and I know the National Energy Board and federal government and our departments, government departments, have been putting together some informational sessions and they’ve been going to Good Hope, Norman Wells and Tulita. It’s a method that is new to us. It’s scaring some people, especially with the amount of oil, the water and air. There’s a whole process. It also has potential to create some long-term economic sustainability and jobs and employment, but it’s got to be done in a strict, disciplined manner. We always have to keep on top of this method here and not let it run amuck, so to speak.

So I want to ask the Minister within his department, keeping the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline office staff busier and busier, is that something that they are looking at with us, with the government in saying we’re going to do our best to get this information into the community and get them talking and not at the last moment? So is this something that the ITI department is looking at to continue advancing more education to our people and also into our government? Thank you.