Mr. Chairman, the practice now, for those positions in government that we think have an impact on the community, we do try, within our limited budget, to involve band councils, and the aboriginal leaders, to take part in the interviews, and selection process. This is a new, recent practice. I think, the key still is in becoming increasingly present in the unions, because that is the body that negotiates on behalf of employees.

The more northern, aboriginal employees we have in the unions, the more it will reflect that. We also have to deal with the fact that there is not a great number of northern, aboriginal people who have the expertise, and the education, to readily take over senior management positions. No matter how we design government, and no matter whose government it is, unless we do something to address that real serious deficiency, it will not really matter.

We will still have to bring people in from somewhere else to fill senior management positions. I understand what the Member is saying about the concept of self-government, but unless we do something to make sure that we have an increasing number of northern people who, as Jeannie Marie-Jewell said the other day, could become super bureaucrats, the prospect is, whether you have an aboriginal government, or any other type of government, even aboriginal organizations will have to face the prospect that they will have to hire, in large part, non-aboriginal people to manage their organizations, corporations, and institutions, for the foreseeable future.