Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. The Member is correct that the environmental study's research fund was established under the Petroleum Resources Act. It's a special-purpose fund, and the purpose is to provide funding to environmental and social studies designed to assist in decision-making processes related to oil and gas exploration, development, and production. It was exactly mirrored as was a requirement under the devolution agreement, so we did not make any changes. It was formally established in September of last year.

Just to clarify a point, the monies represented here are money from industry that are derived from levies on them, and the levy is calculated on the basis of the size or the acreage of their interest holders. Part of the reason that there has been a decline is that the amount of levy is tied directly to the amount of--the dollar value of research proposals that we receive, and so for this year, the amount, the total dollar value of the proposals was $100,000, and the levy was established and divided up amongst the oil and gas interests on that basis to support those. This year, it's four projects related to looking at the effects on caribou and water. Thank you, Mr. Chair.