Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for her question. I know she is very concerned with the future of those particular lands.
As she will know, we decided to close Camp Ipperwash in last year's defence cuts because we believed that we could discharge our obligations at other facilities in Ontario and also because we wanted to facilitate the land being returned to the native population.
We are prepared to engage in a study with the native population of the area to decide on which approach should be taken in terms of environmental clean-up. We will give equal status to them on any particular study that is done.
Unfortunately we have yet to secure the agreement of local native leaders in this process and we are most anxious to do so.