Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There was an effort made to work in concert with other governments across this country, notably the governments of Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan and other governments as well; to certainly let them know that we have concerns with this bill but we also have other provisions of this bill that we support. I think we are concerned that we may not be taken as seriously as we should. So we are working, and we will continue to work, with other Ministers.

We may very well be taking part in more meetings, strategizing, as I say, with other governments and possibly being involved in other initiatives if we decide to do that. There may be other meetings with Ministers that may need to be called as a result of the standing committee having hearings in Ottawa.

I have extended informally an invitation to the chairperson of the standing committee, Mr. Allmand, but also to individual Members of that standing committee. Since most of them have said they do not have any experience whatsoever in the lifestyle of northern people, the lifestyle of Inuit, the lifestyle of Dene and Metis people, they are very interested. There is very little time available to them but they may be interested in taking some personal time. A quick weekend trip, for instance, into a small aboriginal camp or community may be exactly what they need in order to fully appreciate the extent to which we need amendments in order to be able to live with the provisions of this bill.

We may be meeting and strategizing with aboriginal groups because of the possible infringement this legislation will have on the aboriginal right to hunt and the cultural impact it will have on the lifestyle of our people.

We may be thinking of having or requesting a meeting with the federal Minister depending on developments over the next few weeks regarding the hearings and the public attitude towards that piece of legislation.

So that, in summary, is where we are at. We may be asked, although I have not been confirmed, to have meetings with officials from the Department of Justice in Ottawa to discuss and make more clear and perhaps more specific the concerns we have, the provisions that we support and those provisions that we think will not work and have any relevance at this time in order to take a positive approach to possibly supporting the bill down the road. Thank you.