Mr. Speaker, when the statement was made to the Gwich'in, I made the comments that, in my view, the motion that was passed in April, said that none of the recommendations contained in the "Strength at Two Levels" document should be implemented until the Members have had a chance to review, approve them, and implementation put in place. That signalled, to me, that departmental reorganization, as well as the community transfer talks, could not be assumed to have a go ahead until it has been reviewed. That has been my interpretation of that, and, as well, I think Members know my own personal frustration with the lack of emphasis on the

discussions of the Strength at Two Levels. My view, having been involved in this political and constitutional issue for all the years that I have, I guess that I assumed that when the government says that they are prepared to begin right away, to begin talks, and transferring programs and responsibilities, and authorities to communities, that we would get a green light, and I did not feel that it really warranted that discussion, that we should have proceeded much faster than we did.