In the entire review of the regulatory system, particularly in the NWT, and in the round table discussion that I held with all of the people including indigenous groups, this recommendation seemed to be justified. It clearly has been misinterpreted as meaning an attempt to reduce the influence of people in the north. That's not what the recommendation was.
The recommendation was for that influence to be brought to bear at the appropriate time during the land use planning stage. Then, following that, the regulatory bodies would deal with the technical issues that most regulatory bodies on the face of the earth deal with.