Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As Members know, the Government of the Northwest Territories inherited filing requirements from the National Energy Board when we took over responsibility for oil and gas activity onshore here in the Northwest Territories. We have strong regulations and rules in place to protect the environment. We’ve heard from the standing committee. We’ve heard from the public. We’re halfway through the process that we have today embarked upon. We heard about water quality, air

quality and disclosure. We’re addressing these things, Mr. Speaker. I know the Member has said, while there’s a lull in the activity here we should be asking different questions. What we should be doing is trying to ensure that we have strong rules in place here, strong regulations in place here, and it is about managing the opportunity and the resource and also protecting the environment. With strong rules and regulations in place, we believe we can protect the environment and develop the resources we have in place here in the NWT.