Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think the Member remembers that in May, I tabled a document, finding the right balance options for changing land development practices to be used in the consultation process for this initiative on land reform. This summer the Cabinet approved the book to go into the communities, it is in the communities, and the headquarters staff have provided workshops with our regional staff on Land Reform Initiatives and regional staff have distributed the options paper to the community governments.
We are waiting to hear from the communities, what they would like us to do and I know in Nunavut that after the land claims, the Nunavut communities chose to only lease lands which was a decision to be in effect for 20 years, so we are in a consultation process right now, and, we are also doing community land administration programs.
As a matter of fact, a student from Aklavik, Sandy Stewart, was selected to be the first student to receive the Practicum Excellence Award last night in Rankin. We are consulting with the communities, I know in Nunavut what the Nunavut Land Claims has done to lease the lands for 20 years, but I do not know what the details are on owning the lands in this area, but we are waiting to hear from the communities what they want us to do in regard to their properties, in their communities. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.