Mr. Chairman, if I could, without aggravating anyone, the reason there is no money sifting out there for western aboriginal or public bodies to use to get involved in preparing for a plebiscite is because up until now no one has asked for it. I bring Members back to July, which was when we made this sort of political agreement. I think Jeannie might remember that far back. It was clear, the deal was it was the western groups, the Dene Nation, the Metis Association, Gwich'in, the Sahtu, that said, "What we want if the plebiscite is going to go ahead is we need so much money." I forget the exact amount, it is over one million dollars, so that we can set up a commission that would begin work on drafting principles for a future constitution so that those of us in the West might be able to put ourselves in a position where we can be given assurance that we can support a plebiscite. This is what we require if we are going to be even able to consider taking a positive view of the plebiscite. That was the full extent of the request at that time.

The Members of the Nunavut caucus had said at that time that they want some sort of public moneys made available for TFN to carry out an awareness campaign. That is why we are at the stage where we are. I cannot say much more than that. If Members are suggesting that groups are going to come back for additional money, revisit the trough, so to speak, I do not have any comments on it, except to say, if the question is, "Why is there not a pot of money for the West and the East?" There e was. A very unequal pot, you might say. That has been the way it has been through our history. The West does certain things that the East is not particularly interested in. The East does things that the West does not consider timely. That is the way the deal settled in July. You are looking at the figures now.