Mr. Speaker, it takes many forms. Certainly through the Inuit circumpolar conference there are discussions on Arctic policy, whether it is economic, or a matter of environmental concerns. There is a new body that is being envisaged and we are trying to be at the table, rather than off the table, at Arctic council. As I mentioned before, we did give a great deal of information. There has been a great deal of discussion with the polar commission when it was being formed through the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada principally, on what role it can play to advance the broader concerns across the polar regions. We do have continuing dialogue with northern Quebec in terms of area of polar bear management and other areas. Most recently, trying to be in support of Sanikiluaq and the Hudson Bay in terms of giving more credibility to the desires and concerns of northern people that border northern Quebec in terms of hydro development.

We have many ongoing working relations. We attend various ministerial conferences on economic development, which we are a party to at the main table. Economic issues of northern parts of the provinces continue to scope themselves out. A great deal of dialogue goes on at the western ministerial conferences in terms of the more northern parts of the provinces and some of the issues that we have regarding resources to develop economically.

So, there are many different levels that we deal with in terms of sharing ideas in an attempt to bring in a working relationship with northern provincial jurisdictions, or northern provincial parts of the provinces, into the areas that we are concerned about. There are various levels. In terms of a vacuum, it seems that if you look at the northern parts of the provinces, particularly where there are large groups of aboriginal people, they share very much the same problems as we have in terms of priorities set in providing resources for economic development, and having people take part in a new environment, aboriginal people taking part in the development of the resources. These are continuing ongoing discussions, Mr. Speaker.