Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair…(inaudible)…are already starting to shape up and shake out of the discussions we’re having and devolution and resource revenue sharing is something that’s obviously going to be a priority for our government and is going to require all our governments, including the aboriginal governments, to be speaking from the same song sheet and with one unified voice. I certainly agree that settlement of some of the land claims would help us in the area of development and dealing with some of our land issues in our communities. I’ve heard some of the answers about having everybody in one tent. I think the reality is we have a number of governments in one tent with a nice woodstove and insulated and quite happy, but we have others who are outside in the cold in a little pup tent and others that are just wrapped up in a tarp, and we need to be able to have everybody work together. In order to do so, we’re going to need strong leadership. We’ve already had a number of governments try to bring all the players into agreement, but we’ve not been able to do that. So my question is to both candidates, if they would agree that the Premier has to take the lead in the discussions and meet with all the aboriginal groups to talk about how we can move forward with settling land claims and outstanding issues. Thank you.
Michael McLeod on Questions By Members
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