Well, this first-class monitoring system that both the federal and provincial governments announced a few years back isn't in place, from either Canada or Alberta.
We, the first nations, both the Mikisew Cree First Nation and the ACFN, had to conduct our own monitoring system, which is being conducted right now and has been for the last two years.
What we've found from our monitoring system is that there is heavy selenium content in our water source, in the vegetation, in the wildlife present in our area right now. The monitoring system we have in place works for us, but we need to make sure that the information is handed out to the general public to make it aware that our monitoring system works. The federal and provincial governments need to partner with the first nations with respect to the way we see the monitoring system work, because right now their monitoring system is failing Canada in more ways than the first nations one is benefiting us.
We truly understand through this monitoring system that we don't have any influence on what is being put in there. It is being developed and the research has been conducted and is coming out, and we have presented that research at the table to make sure that everybody is aware of all the contaminants that are there.