First of all, the Mining Association, in collaboration with the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada and the NWT and Nunavut Chamber of Mines, was consulted and had some input when Mr. McCrank was carrying out his study, and ultimately when he produced his report.
We supported most of the recommendations because they pointed towards streamlining the regulatory process, but the fact that he talked about restructuring boards took us a little bit by surprise. We really didn't expect that to happen. In fact, I was at a meeting last week in Yellowknife that was held by Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, looking at the possibility of making some amendments to the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act. The restructuring you're referring to would come under that legislation.
If you had asked us 10 years ago whether we thought the boards needed restructuring and other streamlining, if you like, we would have said yes. But in the last decade or so, the boards have taken a much more professional approach. They've improved their capacity technically and professionally; they've developed environmental policies and guidelines for industry that have helped industry; and they've worked with industry, government, and the aboriginal groups. And you understand that the boards have been established out of land claims agreements. We understand that.