Thank you, Madam Chair. The consultant pointed out that we are doing some things in this area, but we actually have a lot of room to expand into making sure that, as MLA Martselos noted, that Indigenous-owned corporations and their governments, you know, take equity stakes in mines. I think it's pretty clear that some of our dev corps are doing much better than others and have really built, you know, wealth and experience off of mining. But there's a lot to learn. I think a great jurisdiction to turn to is Alaska.
If you go to Alaska, nine out of the ten largest owned corporations are Indigenous-owned corporations. They have really took their dev corps to a whole other scale. And I think you're going to get a long way down the list of companies operating in the NWT before you even find a local one let alone an Indigenous one. It is clear that no one in the NWT is operating on the scale of the companies currently running our mines. And I think a future world to envision in the mining world is that, you know, instead of it maybe being Rio Tinto or De Beers, it's actually an Indigenous-owned company that owns that mine. I don't think that is an outrageous dream and it is something that I hope that this mining fiscal regime can look to. I know that gets into IBAs, and I know that gets into the confidentiality of what is actually currently being paid out, but I think there is probably a lot of room to grow in this area. Thank you, Madam Chair.