Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This gives me the opportunity to first of all say that I did appreciate and do appreciate the civilized and professional manner in which the N.W.T.T.A. conducted their negotiations. I want to say that I appreciate that.

However, as in any negotiations, we have come to a stalemate, as I indicated in the earlier response. Each party has its own course of action that it has to take, and each party has a responsibility to take that action. The action I have taken on behalf of the government is to enact an agreement which is consistent with the other agreements that we have reached with the N.W.T.T.A. The N.W.T.T.A., because they have been rejected, has understandably rejected our position and is taking an appropriate course of action. We will have to see how that unfolds over the coming weeks. At present, we have put into effect the conditions that we were negotiating with N.W.T.T.A. Thank you.