Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was certainly, and still have been, a supporter of the Mackenzie Gas Project, but that’s actually gas. It’s not the heavy bitumen provided by the Alberta economy that they want to get, which is stranded. I recognize what the Premier says, they have stranded resources, we have resources. I fully understand that point, but gas is not the same as the heavy bitumen that’s out of Alberta. Other regions are refusing it and it causes the question, do we want to take on this environmental burden in some process? We should be putting this question upfront before too much development happens on this file, and ultimately that’s the next question.

When will this type of discussion happen as a policy initiative for our northern government? Citizens need to weigh in on this type of decision before our government makes a choice for us that citizens don’t get a role in, and that’s important. So that really is the question, because I think citizens of the Northwest Territories will be concerned knowing that we would be playing a role in shipping Alberta bitumen through the Northwest Territories without at least a say well in advance of this deal being struck. Thank you.