Thank you. I fully appreciate the magnitude of the problems and the difficulty in dealing with aboriginal rights and treaty rights. I'm trying to get some definition, but these are concerns raised by people across the north and, as I've mentioned and other people have mentioned, they haven't been resolved. So I think it's incumbent to raise these and try to get some clarification as to what is happening so that people do understand and can hear publicly what these things mean.
The whole issue that the Minister raised is...and we'll deal with it when we get to clause 90. That is where we talk about dealing with languages, especially aboriginal languages and the district authority. That's where I meant there are limitations. The words "significant demand," "sufficient, fluent teachers" and, "sufficient and suitable program materials." Those are the criteria used; if those things are all available, then we can do certain things. You can teach it. But those items are going to be determined by the department. So we don't teach aboriginal languages to teachers. If we don't provide access for them to get their certificates, then we don't have fluent instructors. Then who's to determine what fluent is? Again, we have to discuss these things.
What does it mean if we have sufficient and suitable program materials? Again, it's the department that has funded or is supposed to provide those materials. So on one hand, we're saying we can do it, but here are some criteria that we have to meet. It's up to the department to do those things in terms of the partnerships of other organizations. So it's a catch-22, sometimes.
I'm just raising these issues because these are issues that not only myself, but the people I represent want some clarification on. They're issues that have been brought up, as I mentioned, by people in a lot of communities. So I raise that and the Minister can respond if he wishes.
But the other point I want to raise is that the Minister stated that he will be consulting with the Federation Franco-TeNoise in terms of the French language issue. Will the Minister also be consulting with the aboriginal organizations in terms of aboriginal language issues?