Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I noted from a news report in Nunatsiaq News, dated May 3, 1996, that Mr. John Rayner, assistant deputy minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, says that Ottawa has endorsed the NIC government structure. "The structure of the government that is contained within the $150 million is as it was set out in the NIC report, and we have taken that and we have cost that out," Mr. Rayner is quoted as saying. Mr. Speaker, I am encouraged by this news and I am looking forward to getting more details of how this will affect Pangnirtung and other larger Baffin communities.

Although I know it will not be easy, I am very much looking forward to working to make Nunavut a reality. I know that the mayor and hamlet council and other leaders in Pangnirtung will be very pleased if Nunavut will mean new job opportunities for them in their very rapidly-growing community. Qujannamiik, Mr. Speaker. Koana, matna, mahsi cho.

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