Thank you, Madam Chair. I just have a few brief comments to make. First I will start with

biomass. I would like to thank the department, on behalf of Fort McPherson, for working with the community for the last year to start a new initiative in the community.

Also, hopefully we can build on that partnership over the next few years. As you know, the Gwich’in Settlement Area is the only area in the Northwest Territories that actually has a forest management plan. I’m really looking forward over the next few years to create that partnership and move forward.

The Arctic Energy Alliance, a lot of homeowners last year were very happy with the initiatives that were taken installing woodstoves. I know there is a huge interest of homeowners that would like to see that continue.

Under traditional knowledge, you have some funding set aside for communities to carry out some specific wildlife and forestry research. I am really happy with that and I hope we can carry that on over the next few years.

For now, those are the only comments I have. Thank you, Madam Chair.