Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just getting back to what Mr. Nadli was talking about on conservation areas. I know there's a few going on, and one in Western Canada and one in Eastern Canada as well too. The one in Eastern Canada involves Canada, Greenland, the federal government, Nunavut. That's just an example of how many different organizations, you know, can be sitting and negotiating on conservation areas.
I hope that we don't establish these conservation areas just to protect them from development, but also have the Aboriginal people -- like, there's a lot of Aboriginal groups in my region. We use the ocean, we utilize that a lot, and then we're looking at high seas fisheries regulations…to prevent and regulate fishing by other countries in our waters. Pretty soon the polar ice cap is melting, the waters are opening up and I hope that we can continue to monitor, you know, with ENR and along with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, with the Government of Canada on this, to ensure that when we do start to negotiate for our territory and our regions that our Aboriginal groups are involved in every step of the way.
Like Mr. Nadli says, it's important to have as many groups as possible that have a stake in the region. The stakeholders in my region would be the Inuvialuit. So I hope that the GNWT is playing a parallel role with the Inuvialuit to ensure that conservation is not just preservation, but actually conservation for the better of our environment and our people. Thank you, Mr. Chair.