Thank you, Mr. Chair.
It's interesting how this bill was presented to us in the beginning as something for which there wasn't really a requirement for much amendment. Now we've had NTI, NIRB, the NWT and Nunavut Chamber of Mines, and you speaking to quite a number of amendments that need to take place with the bill.
One of the interesting amendments that was proposed by NIRB was of course to establish a participant fund for those communities that would be controlled by NIRB, to allow proper consultation and proper development of community positions to take place on these issues. I think it is a very important amendment because it really speaks to the ability of a variety of communities to actually interact with these development proceedings.
What are your feelings on this type of amendment, which would provide that level of support to participants in environmental assessments?