Mr. Speaker, the main driving force for the plebiscite and division in the settlement of the Nunavut claim, in the creation of Nunavut, I think Members recognize, is the Tungavik Federation of Nunavut; and it was the Members' feeling, again, last July that the Legislative Assembly could not, in good conscience, just turn over an amount of money and ask the TFN to act as a public interest group to make sure that the public is made aware of all the facts and the information necessary to make a good decision on how to vote in the upcoming plebiscite.
It was the view that TFN has a very specific interest. It has been preoccupied with creating Nunavut; it has been preoccupied with settlement of the Nunavut land claim; and it has a very set, a very clear, solid objection; and to offset that a little bit and to assure the public that somebody will be in there acting in the public interest, so to speak, the Members of the Legislature served notice that they would be part of the exercise. That is the point I was trying to make. That is how we are trying to assure the public, and MLAs in their best judgment will try to make sure that to the best of their knowledge that only good solid information is used in preparing communities and constituents to vote in the upcoming plebiscite.