Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to assure the honourable Member, that as a strong supporter of aboriginal people in the private sector, I encourage the development of what I call private sector development corporations.
I would advise him that I did speak with the mayor from Gjoa Haven and we are currently having discussions about how we can assist them in bringing forward some kind of group that would represent the economic interests of that community. I'm confident we'll be able to move quickly on that and certainly, in the new year, we should be in a position to provide them with the kind of assistance we are currently negotiating.
On the Taloyoak situation, I have been working for the last four or five months on a significant proposal coming from that community. I'm confident that we can come to some satisfactory conclusion that will: one, put an asset base in that community that is owned and operated by the people; two, provide the kind of services that Taloyoak is sadly lacking; and three, will ultimately provide a dividend flow for the children and the shareholders.