That's quite the question, Mr. Chairman. First, I want to be clear: it really is an Indian Affairs lead. What we've been trying to do whenever there has been the potential for development is to organize the federal government in a way that consultations can take place early and effectively. Just to give you an example, for the Gateway pipeline project in British Columbia and Alberta, the department is organizing a crown consultation unit to organize and structure consultations with first nations. We've done this with the Mackenzie Valley pipeline, along with Indian and Northern Affairs. I think, though, one of the key elements of all of this is that initiating the consultations is the primary responsibility of the company seeking to do development, and I agree with you entirely that the federal crown has a responsibility to encourage and assist the process.
We probably don't have enough money to do as much as we'd like to do on this front, because a lot of the megaprojects have significant impacts on first nations, and it's a very specialized skill and very time consuming. We're a bit thin, but we're doing the best we can. Again, it's a bit of an inadequate answer, and I apologize for that, but it's an area where we think we have to find a way of spending more energy and time, because I think you're right, it is amazing what can be stopped if we don't have these effective consultations.