Thank you, Madam Speaker. The community of Inuvik has taken a tremendous step forward in overcoming obstacles of a rather diverse community by seeing the leaders of the Inuvialuit, the Gwich'in and the town of Inuvik agree to work together to look at community transfer initiatives. That alone is, in my view, an unprecedented move by a community as diverse as Inuvik.

Having said that, the group is on the verge of signing a transfer agreement that would cover, at least, the eventual transfer in three areas. One would be in the area of an economic development officer position which would be assigned to Inuvik, and they are waiting for final decisions to be made by Cabinet in the next week or two, and that looks very favourable. The group had been prepared to sign a framework MOU had that been decided. However, because Cabinet has yet to make a decision on it, they have decided not to sign the agreement.

The agreement would also cover the area of lotteries, where the community would be given the responsibility for running lotteries, and I think they are just finalizing details on how the money will be used and for what purposes. They are finalizing details on that.

The other area is not as urgent. It is in the area of capital planning. We are agreeing to work with the community and the three groups to decide how to set up a process that would see capital projects being priorized and how that would be handled, particularly, where they are of a local nature, but we would also venture into discussing with them how to handle projects that are considered to be of a regional nature. So, that will be finalized, probably in the next two months.

The one most immediate would be the EDO position, and the lottery issue and finally the one on capital planning. Thank you.