Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Ms. Magrum.

Thank you for the information. I wanted to ask with regard to the National Energy Board, I thought maybe that might be something that the Minister might have considered having some on-the-ground people in the Sahtu, in light of the oil and gas early exploration activities that are going on with the hydraulic fracking and other activities that would…(inaudible)…to having the National Energy Board closer in the Sahtu region, just to make things okay and give people some confidence and comfort that we are taking our issues seriously and that we have on-the-ground people with the National Energy Board there as activity is happening for a short period of time. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Minister Ramsay.

Thank you, Madam Chair. That’s ongoing with the National Energy Board and we are making that effort. Thank you.

I appreciate the Minister’s response, Madam Chair. So, making the effort, would that then look at the possibility of having some period of time when the National Energy Board would actually be in the Sahtu, working out of there for a period of time, rather than coming from a different region or coming from Alberta or Calgary, coming up to the Sahtu? We need some man hours in the Sahtu for some comforting level of the ongoing operations with the oil companies.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Vician.

Thank you, Mr. Vician. Anything further, Mr. Yakeleya?

Thank you, Madam Chair. This is my last question. Mr. Vician talked about a permanent position. I’m not too sure if that’s in the Sahtu or Yellowknife or Inuvik or in ongoing discussions with the National Energy Board. Need we remind the Minister that we are taking over this responsibility? We are in the driver’s seat. We’re contracting the National Energy Board. I think it works that we sign the cheque, so they should be able to go to work wherever we tell them to go to work. If they can’t do it, then we certainly can find other regulators or we can train our own people to do that work in the Sahtu. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Minister Ramsay.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I will make the commitment. We need to get in front of committee to have a discussion about next steps, where we’re going and what is going on, and I look forward to the discussion, ensuring much more information in the days ahead with committee members on the regulation of oil and gas in the Northwest Territories post-devolution. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Ramsay. Activity summary, corporate management, operations expenditure summary, $8.451 million. Agreed?

Agreed. Thank you. Page 12-15, information item, corporate management, active positions. Any questions?

Agreed, thank you. Page 12-17, activity summary, minerals and petroleum resources, operations expenditure summary, $19.349 million. Mr. Dolynny.

Thank you, Madam Chair. We were on page 12-17, right, Madam Chair? Thank you very much.

I just want to follow up on the question I asked earlier about the reinvestment of the Polar Bear Brand of diamonds. I did get an indication here that every dollar will be going back into investment. Once the diamond manufacturing plants will be operational, can the deputy minister indicate what sort of investment, once this money is flowing in, will be done to promote this brand? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Mr. Vician.

So if I can get this correctly, we are going to be working with the stakeholders to create the premium brand or at least promote the premium brand. Do we have any framework, foundation, guidelines, that the government is using currently for once the money starts flowing in, or is this something that we might see in the latter part of this fiscal year? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Minister Ramsay.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Any of those marketing efforts and dollars spent would have to be done in close conjunction with the manufacturer to ensure we are maximizing the exposure, the brand and getting that brand the premium it deserves as mined, cut and polished Northwest Territories diamonds. This also includes the Polar Bear, as well, Madam Chair.

Do we have any preliminary numbers, given what we know thus far when

production will commence, as to what type of money we would be looking potentially for the fiscal year? Thank you.