Mr. Speaker, in the matter of outstanding financial issues between the federal government and the Northwest Territories, all the cabinet Ministers are addressing in much detail what is outstanding, to narrow down the issues. We will be proceeding to have a meeting at a very high level in dealing with all the issues that are of a long-outstanding financial concern. When we met with Mr. Mulroney, he gave us that invitation.
Over the last number of years we have been dealing with Ministers relating to the individual departments that are responsible for the various issues. We feel that, as the Government of the Northwest Territories, we have to put that in a package and address all the outstanding items, including grants in lieu of taxes, with the federal government so that we can resolve those issues as a package. The reason we are taking this approach is because in dealing directly with Ministers on individual issues, we have not been able to make headway in that regard. Thank you.