Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, Mr. Henry is asking for me to do some dreaming here but the last few days I have not had many sleeps so what do I have to do. The scenario you laid out is going to be a really tough dream. You could converge it like a nightmare for me. But, hopefully we do not ever come to a position where we as a Cabinet will make a decision without the participation of the aboriginal First Nations. I think that is really the key. That is the key to having people in the north to control our own resources. We have to work very closely with the aboriginal First Nations, the Inuvialuits, the Metis and the Dene in this whole Western Territory in order for this to become a reality. We have been saying that for a number of years. Having come from being a chief and at one point in time, I said this government was not my government because of the imposition of ideas and programs that were put upon us without our consultation or without our input. But, again now some of us are here. We will make sure that we work closely with the First Nations to make sure this happens, but it has to happen.

I think we have progressed long and far enough through beginning of self-government arrangements and getting to the doorstep of negotiation in most of the areas. I think we have progressed far enough and I think the leadership in the aboriginal communities are aware of the funding shortage through the restraint that we imposed and we put it through ourselves. I think there has been a lot of talk between some of the Ministers who go into the communities. I know that whenever I go to the assemblies and having different meetings with the aboriginal leaders, I always talk about the funding. Some point in time, we are going to have to sit down and try to figure out how we gain control of all natural resources. The oil, gas, minerals in the lands and the waters in the Northwest Territories. It has to be done in conjunction with the aboriginal people in the north. Thank you.