Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, you know, when I was thinking about the -- when I chaired the impact review board, you know, we -- again, we couldn't really address any issues on the downstream users from Nunavut and the Yukon. And, but here and Alberta, it's the same thing. This agreement that the Minister talks about doesn't give us the tools needed to participate in their regulatory process in terms of approving a mega project. We're just kilometres down the road in Fort Smith, and my riding of Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh and Fort Resolution, that are impacted and all the residents of the Northwest Territories. So there has to be a way that we have the voice at their table so that we are able to have a say in the regulatory approval process, otherwise it's -- you know, we're going to be talking about this in the next four years and four years thereafter. Nothing's going to happen.

So my question now is to the Minister, again, the need for the national water strategy to protect Canada's water system against harmful effects from industrial development is long overdue. What concrete steps will the government take to advocate for and concrete such strategy and what timeframe is being considered? That's my question to the Minister. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.