Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will start with questions for the Minister of Environment and Climate Change.

So the environmental monitoring advisory board, or EMAB, is a watchdog providing independent oversight to both the operator of the Diavik diamond mine and its regulators. It's made up of representatives from Lutselk'e Dene First Nation, North Slave Metis Alliance, Tlicho government, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, and the Kitikmeot Inuit Association, and some of those groups have very limited capacity on their own to make regulatory submissions or publish their concerns about the mine. So given that the Diavik mine is finished production now, the Minister is contemplating shutting down EMAB thus relieving Diavik of its responsibility to fund EMAB whereas EMAB is advocating for its important role to continue throughout the closure process.

My first question, has the Minister considered the option of having EMAB decrease its activity gradually over time in line with the expected gradual scaling down of long-term monitoring and maintenance at the mine? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.