Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was alerted to this situation by Mr. Fred Hunt who is the general manager of the Nunasi Corporation, about two weeks ago. I do have a copy of Mr. Eetoolook's letter with respect to the disappointment of the awarding of this contract to a Quebec firm.

The action that we've taken to date is that I was in consultation with Mr. Anawak's office in Ottawa, asking him if he could make a case to the federal Minister to see what can be done. Letters have gone to Mr. Collenette, the Minister of National Defence, expressing our concern with respect to it, in particular -- as Mr. Kakfwi says -- as it relates to the spirit and intent within the land claim agreement.

I am meeting with Mr. Anawak and Ms. Ethel Blondin-Andrew on Tuesday, and that's one of the issues we intend to address at that time. Hopefully, we'll get some response. I'm not optimistic that we'll get a change, but certainly we want to bring it to the attention of the federal government that, as Mr. Eetoolook said in his letter, under the land claims agreement the spirit and intent was that there be consultation with respect to large contracts similar to the one he's discussing.

We've raised the political profile of the issue. I will be discussing it at some length with Mr. Anawak. Hopefully, we'll be in a position to advise Mr. Eetoolook and the Nunavut Tunngavik group of the results of our discussions with the federal Ministers. Thank you.