Thank you, Madam Speaker. Today, Madam Speaker, I would like to talk about my constituents in Ndilo and Dettah and their aspirations, my constituents along the Ingraham Trail and their aspirations and my constituents in Yellowknife proper and their aspirations. Their aspirations are all different, but I believe that they can be brought together.

The Yellowknives Dene Band is taking a reasonable and pragmatic approach to get the land they need to unify their band and to bring together band members in Yellowknife, Dettah and Ndilo. They also want to provide the band with a land and economic base so they can co-exist with Yellowknife as an equal partner on their historic lands. The cottagers along the Ingraham Trail are looking for land tenure -- ideally, they would like fee-simple ownership -- and some say in the development of land use planning for the area. My other constituents in Yellowknife proper are looking for a long-term political and economic structure so they can bring up their children and expect some security for the future as they plan their lives for the next 20 years.

I believe that these three groups of people all have some stake in the resolution of this situation. In many ways, this will be symbolic of the new north. People in Yellowknife have to reach out to the Yellowknives band. Chiefs Sangris and Beaulieu are open to negotiation and I believe it's a golden opportunity for people with different objectives to come together and resolve issues. I want to put on the public record that I believe the aspirations of the Yellowknives Dene Band can be accommodated. From this opportunity can come a new partnership between Yellowknife and the Yellowknives, which could be a model for cooperation in the whole western Arctic. Thank you, very much.

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