Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The latest, as they say, is that tomorrow we will be meeting with most of the leadership of the aboriginal groups who are keenly interested in this accord. I'm optimistic, as I've said from the beginning, that we can make an arrangement. I had originally set a deadline of May 31st to see if there was a collective position we could take. There were some problems, as most Members know, with respect to the definition of self-government and how it related to this accord.

I think that with some of the groups -- not all of the groups, I have to be frank -- it appears we are close to a compromise in terms of making arrangements to move forward in reaching a collective position that we can take to the federal government. However, tomorrow I will meet directly with the political leadership. I've indicated to them, as I will indicate to this House, that if we reach an arrangement, it has to be made by the 14th of June, certainly prior to the closing of this Assembly.

I'm optimistic that the majority of the aboriginal groups, First Nations and claimant groups, will be with us as we move forward after the 15th to Ottawa to seek an arrangement to put additional revenue into the hands of this government to keep the level of services we currently have in place. Thank you.