Thank you, Mr. Chair. I can certainly go back and read the whole section back to the Member, but he's already done that. We are committed to working very hard to try to achieve settlement of all land claims in the 18th Legislative Assembly. We have to recognize there are three unique parties to the negotiations: the federal government, the Government of the Northwest Territories, and the appropriate Aboriginal government. We recognize that there are significant issues and challenges that have led to most of these agreements being under negotiation for over 20 years, 25 years, and it was felt that just making an offer within 45 days would be an empty gesture.
We're working with the Government of Canada. We hired ministerial special representatives to look at the processes, and they came back and made recommendations as to how we could have a way forward. Our negotiators have made offers to the NWT Metis Nation and to the Akaitcho governments, and I think they were well-received. Recently we received a response from the Dehcho. We've met with the federal government, and with clarifications, we're expecting to issue a similar offer. We're also working with the joint Cabinet committee as per the terms of reference, and we will continue to do so. Thank you, Mr. Chair.