Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Clause 50 pertains to amendments to the Regional Councils Act. There are a number of amendments which affect my regional council. As Members know, there are a number of regional councils which aren't active or have been disbanded. I know, for instance, that the Baffin Regional Council is no longer functioning and in my region the regional council hasn't been receiving funding from our government for the last number of years.

I don't see why they are changing 9(b) by striking out "sub chiefs of Dogrib Rae Band in Rae Lakes," and substituting it with "Chief of the Rae Lakes Dene Band." I have problems with that, Mr. Chairman, because that regional council doesn't exist and here they are making amendments which have no meaning at this point in time. I wonder if the government has taken into consideration why these amendments are going forward because this council hasn't existed for the last number of years. If they are going to make amendments then maybe they should repeal the regional council from my area.

Over the years, Ndilo, or lot 500, and Dettah have broken away from the Dogrib Regional Council. The government is aware of that but they haven't made any provisions to repeal that particular regional council. I wonder why they are only making these minor amendments which have no effect on the regional council in my region. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.