Thank you, Madam Speaker. The process used by the facilitators in all regions...We are using private facilitators, with the back-up of staff from DPW for information purposes for the facilitators and the businesses that will be attending the meetings. The private meetings may be public as well. It is simply up to the land claim groups how they want to deal with this issue.

As a government, we were required by the claims to consult with the land claim groups, whether they be the Gwich'in, the Sahtu or the new claimant groups. We have to consult with them whenever we change a policy. Thank you.