Mr. Speaker, I believe there was a brief press release out on that, but I'll just recap it for you. I had just under 20 minutes to speak with the Prime Minister, Jean Chretien. What I expressed to him was that we would very much like to get our financial house in order on a number of issues. I related to him that the number one issue was the housing issue and that the number two issue was the health billings issue. As well, I believe we very briefly mentioned the issue of the military, the review they are doing and the request for our involvement.
We talked mostly about a positive and more open relationship between the territorial and federal governments, and the relationship of the territorial government at federal-provincial meetings. There was a commitment, particularly to resolve the financial issues that are presently at stake. The Prime Minister indicated that he felt he had indications from the Members of Parliament, particularly on the housing issue, and that had to be resolved. He said he would do everything he could to try to come to a conclusion on that, including discussing that with the Minister of Indian Affairs.
I said I would follow up with a detailed letter on the concerns we have so that we might address them at a date in the near future when he had more time to deal with them. As well, I also indicated that there were land claims that were being settled and land claims that would be settled in a different manner, perhaps. That is all we had time to discuss, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.