Mr. Speaker, if the Member is asking me, through you, sir, if we were saying to people here's the agreement, what do you think of it; can you suggest any changes, that really wasn't happening. What we were doing was fulfilling what we thought was our obligation to advise affected people before we entered into the agreement that we had not gone beyond what we said to them at the very beginning. Three years ago, we said this is a contractual dispute, this is a dispute about money and they made us very aware of their particular concerns and we said when we went to court, we would not get into their area or jeopardize any of the agreements they have with the federal government.

We never, ever did say that we would consult with people and say what do you think about the agreement. What we did say is we would get back to them and make them very aware that we had not compromised them in any way and that we were settling this dispute in the best interests of people in the Northwest Territories. So there weren't days given. It was a telephone conversation, people were asked for their opinion and that was all, Mr. Speaker. There wasn't a lot of time given. Thank you.