Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Mr. Clerk, in my campaign speech for Premier, I talked about designated authorities. There are nine designated authorities in the Northwest Territories and the federal government -- are created by the federal government. We don't get a lot of funding from them. The Municipal and Community Affairs does provide funding that gives them to provide services on our behalf, but the federal government only gives them between 120 to $180,000 to run the chief and council, their administration. And in my riding, I have four designated authorities that keep on asking where are the supports going to come from? This is a responsibility of the federal government, Indigenous Service Canada. What are you going to do as the Premier and Cabinet to help address this? This is a long outstanding issue. They don't even get access to have land. And so how are you going to be able to help them? We're talking very small communities. And we need the support of this Cabinet and the Premier moving forward. So what are you going to do and how are you going to address this? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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