Mr. Chairman, just to respond to some of the concerns. Number one, I hesitate to speak for western aboriginal leaders or western MLAs but I was encouraged to broaden the motion to recognize the fact that there are, which I know, concerns outside my constituency and outside Nunavut. I know I have spoken to some western MLAs who do have concerns.

I just want to make one comment about aboriginal leaders; that is, the president of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, Mr. Jose Kusugak, with whom I have spoken about this issue, is concerned and has expressed his concern about this issue and about the possible erosion of support for parks in Nunavut even though their land claim was negotiated contemplating continuing and future establishment of parks in Nunavut.

Secondly, as to the point about the appropriate forum for receiving this briefing, I would like to confess that, in fact, the motion leaves it open as to where this individual will appear, so I think this is something we can discuss in Caucus, Mr. Speaker, and if it is agreed by members of Caucus that it may be more appropriate to arrange for a briefing privately rather than within the ropes, then I would have no problem with agreeing to the consensus that we may reach in Caucus, as we ordinarily do when it comes to inviting witnesses.

So I would urge you, if you have concerns about where this person might appear and concerns about having a bureaucrat appear within this Chamber, I will respect your concerns when the time comes and we discuss it in Caucus, but please don't reject the motion, because the reality is, Mr. Speaker -- I think Mr. Zoe might be the first to admit this -- if we invite the Minister of Canadian Heritage to come up here and talk about reorganization of the administration of Canadian Heritage in the Northwest Territories and redeployment of resources and financial cutbacks, the chances of that Minister coming up here to brief us on that issue, however important it is to us, are minimal.

So what I have tried to do is pinpoint the official who is responsible for making these decisions and hold that person accountable, and we can find an appropriate means of getting the information from this individual when the time comes. I am led to believe by speaking with Canadian Heritage and Mr. Balan's office that they are willing to take this invitation seriously, that somebody senior will come. So please don't prevent us from being able to get information that, so far, we haven't been able to get, simply because you are concerned about having a bureaucrat invited to come to Yellowknife to account for his decisions by this Assembly. We will find the appropriate forum, Mr. Speaker, but let's get the individual up here and let's get his report, and we will find the appropriate place and time to do that once this motion is passed. Thank you.