Thank you, Mr. Speaker-elect. Self-government is a very important process. Aboriginal people have always had self-government. This is a matter of the function of the modern treaties. There is one self-government agreement that's in place right now. That's with the Tlicho. Deline has community self-government where their final agreement has been signed. We work on a government-to-government basis with the Aboriginal governments. We all sign the self-government agreements, the Government of Canada, the Government of the Northwest Territories, the Aboriginal government or the Tlicho Government. So, for us, it's in all of our interest to make sure self-government is implemented properly and that the programs are drawn down by the Aboriginal governments at a pace that they are comfortable with.

We work with them to help build capacity and to also make sure that programs are delivered and that people will continue to receive the services on the scale that the Aboriginal government would like to see it delivered. I expect services will improve as self-government comes into effect. We want to make sure that as you have a whole host of self-governments across the Northwest Territories that there is an ability to have some consistency in the level of service. As people travel around the North, they can access programs if required, and those are negotiated into the agreements going forward.

There is still quite a number of self-government agreements that have to be negotiated. I think, as a government, it's in our best interest to facilitate those negotiations. Thank you, Mr. Speaker-elect.