Certainly many Canadians and many northerners look at development through the eyes of the past. Unfortunately, one of my functions is to clean up contaminated sites that have been left by previous generations. We have Giant Mine and Faro Mine, which have left a pretty sad legacy and which we're cleaning up right now.
The system is such that those kinds of experiences would not be repeated. For example, when Giant Mine closed, they had no remediation plan, and they had no funds to deal with any of the remediation. Now I can guarantee you that when Diavik and Ekati close...a remediation plan for them has already been approved at all levels, and there are significant bonds being held by the federal government to ensure that remediation will take place. So there are measures of that nature, as we've learned from the lessons of the past. The standards have changed. Certainly we need to continue to improve. We also take every single incident very seriously. There are incidents. There are spills. There are problems that happen from time to time in production. They are fully investigated, and measures are taken immediately to deal with the issues. So we try to work very closely with the industry, but we are also concerned about making sure the government plays its role to ensure that longer-term protection.
The fact that the regulatory system is co-managed with aboriginal people is also extremely important, because that reflects values that are tremendously important to first nations and Inuit people in the north. The fact that they are now owners of the resource does not mean they will allow it to be exploited in a way that's not compatible with their traditional lifestyles and the longer-term vision they have for their communities and their people.