Excellent question, Mr. Speaker. Actually in the NIC report -- again if my memory serves me correct and it is getting better every day -- they indicated that if there was no agreement reached by the three parties to January 31, 1997, that it should be left up to the federal minister to arbitrarily make a decision on the core framework for a new government. Our position on that one was to oppose it, to say that we have to reach a consensus. We have reached a consensus so far in the history of this country politically and it would be our intent to genuinely accomplish that very quickly. We have indicated in communications, both the Premier and the Deputy Premier and others, just recently to Mr. Irwin and Mr. Kusagak, I believe, that there has to be a timely response to the report and move forward to try and reach, as my colleague says, some consensus on the issue.

We do recognize that there does need to be some dispute mechanism should we be unable to reach consensus. The actual dispute mechanism and our raising that question, frankly, has not been resolved at this time. But I do recognize what my colleague is saying. I think it is an important mechanism. I think we may need, as you say, an outsider to arbitrate should there be, hopefully only one or two, issues where consensus cannot be reached.