Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This protocol of this government are guidelines that the Deh Cho First Nation will follow when they start negotiating self-government. My understanding of self-government in the Deh Cho area is that it is wide open. They haven't set parameters for themselves in their land claim negotiations, where other groups have agreed to have self-government under a public government system. In the Deh Cho, that's not the case. If you're going to lump everybody under one protocol, it already will restrict the groups who haven't settled their claims yet. That's one of the problems I have with this protocol. It has to take that into consideration.
Regarding the consultations that are going on now, I would like to ask the Minister if this protocol he has developed with his department would allow for a group such as the Deh Cho to have input into it, to see if they could change the protocol if they say it is restricting their abilities during their self-government negotiation initiatives. Thank you.