Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the million dollars that is going to be used by the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs is to participate in the different claims talks that are going on. We have in the Beaufort Delta, the Gwich'in, Inuvialuit are currently beginning the negotiations on self-government. At the present time, we just have one person at the table from Aboriginal Affairs participating, and this is the beginning of these negotiations, and we need more resources at the table. We need somebody from Justice. We need somebody from FMBS, and we also need people from MACA so that we keep a good representation at the table, so that the feds and the Beaufort Delta negotiators have a good counterpart to protect the interests of this government.

At the same time, we have Dogrib negotiations on lands claims and self-government starting up. There again, on the self-government side, we have one person at the table, and the South Slave Metis will be starting their negotiations. Again we have one person at the table, at the current time. With talks beginning with Treaty 8, with the treaty lands entitlement discussion with the Salt River and Fort Smith Dene, we have one person at the table. With the Treaty 8 talks beginning here with the Yellowknives, Fort Res and as well Lutselk'e, we just have one person at the table, and with the possibility of talks starting in the future with other regions like Deh Cho. Now the Sahtu region is interested in talking about self-government. If all these tables start with the resources that we have today, we will be stretching pretty far. We have only three negotiators, and if all these different talks are starting today then we will be in a heck of a lot of trouble here because we do not have the resources, and the million dollars is for the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs, and the Department of Justice, FMBS and MACA so that we have people at the table representing the interests of the government during the negotiations. Thank you.