Merci, Monsieur le President. I raised the issue of discharges from the Alberta tar sands tailings several times in our last three sittings. I'm pleased to say that the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources has shared one confidential written update since June. I encourage the Minister to do that again, and perhaps a little more often, but also make more information public.

What I learned from the last couple of months from my own research is that GNWT has signed two contracts for up to $60,000 to end March 2024 to provide technical support during the development of potential tar sands discharge regulations. Associated Environmental Consultants Limited of Vernon, BC, will carry out a technical review of oil sands effluent treatment. Hutchinson Environmental Services Limited of Edmonton will review the work being done by Alberta on oil sands wastewater toxicity. It is a good thing to get this assistance and be prepared.

As I understood it, the governments of Alberta and Canada continue to deny the Government of the Northwest Territories a seat at the table on the oil sands monitoring oversight committee. Planning continues towards discharge of tar sands tailings water into the waters that flow into the Northwest Territories. It's not clear whether or when our government may conduct its own modelling of impacts of discharges into the Northwest Territories.

I'll have questions for the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources about what is going on with regard to tar sands tailings pond discharges and when information will start to be shared with the public. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.