Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the federal government's position says that the status Indian and Inuit groups were consulted and they approved of the phased devolution of health services from the federal government to the Government of the Northwest Territories. I totally disagree with that. Never, in my opinion, was approval or consent given. My understanding is that the territorial government will administer the health services on behalf of the federal government. Otherwise, if the treaty Indians knew this was the case, they would never have approved this arrangement in this first place. Mahsi.

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