Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would just like to comment on our meeting yesterday with the Indigenous groups. Yesterday, I was observing to hear all of the comments made around the table and the need for government to start engaging with the Aboriginal groups the settlement of land claims and working with the self-government negotiations and trying to work together to support them to finalize.

I wanted to elaborate on the Sahtu region because I feel that there is a lot of success that has happened in that region. They are dealing with climate change. They have started to work and install their solar panels and also working towards ensuring the K'ahsho Got'ine District is that they are installing wood stoves for each of the community membership and also working towards and looking at the Great Bear River bridge and the opportunities that come with it. I think that it is imperative that we start recognizing these successes within Indigenous groups and working with them, and not acknowledging them as clients, acknowledging them as partnerships.

With these success stories, I think that we should elaborate on them, and I think that going forward that it's imperative that we meet with them regularly and on a consistent basis. I think that we could actually learn something from them through their successes and through their own initiatives in working with the federal government and the money that they are actually accessing in becoming independent on their own. I think, going forward, my question is: how will the Premier ensure that the Indigenous and self-governments and local governments are supported and to be encouraged to work with them as partners and not clients?