Thank you, Mr. Chair. As pointed out by the Member for Tu Nedhe, land entitlement treaties was an ongoing issue for the lifetime of previous governments as well. For example, in the 12^th Assembly they had the CDSC process where a number of recommendations came out to the government to follow and implement. In the previous Assembly, we had the Constitutional Working Group.

In both of these it was very clear that if we wanted to see movement and partnerships develop here, it would have to be done in the true meaning of partnership, where we would see the land claims situation move parallel to this government.

They have to do some catching up and get settled before they are in a position to make decisions. I think we have to review the recommendations from previous governments and see what we can accomplish sitting down together with the aboriginal groups through the intergovernmental forum.

To go through a priority listing to ask ourselves what are the first things we can achieve within the life of this Assembly, and move forward on that basis. But I do not believe we can move forward in the same fashion that we have in the past, where we have sat down, talked with groups, and at the end of the day they walk out of the room feeling like they have been misled one more time.

There is a real feeling out there by groups that previous governments have not been trustworthy. They have said one thing and done another. I understand fully where they are coming from.

We are going to have to sit down with them. I believe the intergovernmental forum is the place where we start those discussions. It has been in the works for awhile, and I believe that is the proper way to go, where we sit government to government and nail out the priorities, and we can start building from those priorities. Thank you.