Thank you, Madam Speaker, and I thank you for letting me slip under the wire. Madam Speaker, I

would like to ask the Minister a supplementary question. Now that it seems possible that the federal government will be giving recognition and status to the Metis as aboriginal people equal with other aboriginal organizations in the Northwest Territories, at least in the area of land and resources, I would like to ask the Minister if he believes it is possible that the federal government may now also provide programs such as core funding and health benefits to Metis locals and the Metis Nation? Thank you.