Mr. Speaker, in the meeting that I had with Cape Dorset at the end of October, I met with the mayor and the council. I was presented with a brief proposal from the community, which outlined the approach, the process, and the resources the community felt it required in order to pursue community transfers.
We had a brief discussion with the councillors and made the commitment that we would follow-up with a meeting headed by the regional director and the staff from the departments that the communities are interested in talking with, plus staff from my office to go back and outline in more detail a discussion about the proposal they had submitted. As quickly as possible in the new year, we will respond with some money that the community had requested in order to get into the negotiations. That is where the situation is at. The regional director is presently trying to set up another follow-up meeting with the community, which was what we had agreed to at the time of the meeting. Thank you.