Thank you, Mr. Chair. To follow up on this very useful discussion about public government and the way we are going to integrate the systems as we know them now with the emerging constitutional rights of aboriginal governments, I would pose a question to both candidates to see where they would come to the floor in helping to bring Ottawa into the picture.
The perspective I have, Mr. Chair, is that both the Government of the Northwest Territories and the aboriginal governments are coming from positions of weakness. There is not a level playing field in terms of where we stand with Ottawa. I am encouraged with the expectations that we may see in the intergovernmental forum scheduled for just a few weeks from now. But would the candidates please advise us as to how they see us getting the federal government to really take some ownership and some partnership in truly developing the North for aboriginal and for non-aboriginal people.