Mr. Cuzner, it's nice to see you again.
The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation actually has a business up in Fort Chip called Chip Manufacturing. They supply clothing, the wristlets, the elastic protectors that go around the sleeves of coveralls to protect them from getting caught in machinery. Those are manufactured up in Fort Chip by Acden. They're our sole source, I believe, for the entire industry in the oil sands and in Fort McMurray for that piece of clothing.
Both Syncrude and Suncor, as well as many of the other oil sands companies working in our region, do business, large sums of business, with both the Mikisew Cree First Nation and the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation. The Fort McKay Group of Companies is obviously right on our doorstep and has a significant number of businesses providing services to the oil sands. All of us are using the services from those first nations.
It is important to point out that for Syncrude at least, business is business, and the business we choose to do and are able to do with first nations or aboriginal companies is because it makes good business sense for us. We will not change that approach based on any potential concerns that are expressed to us on the consultation side of our relationship. We actually keep those two dialogues separate.
We believe investing in the employment and business development side is something that helps mitigate our impacts from our operations on the traditional lands of aboriginal peoples. That's why we focus on it so much.