Okay, let me try to spell out in a pragmatic, slow concise way. There are two issues that this government is dealing with right now. The one issue is in the diamond sorting valuation and, as I said to you earlier, that is under the auspices of the Honourable Jane Stewart, Minister for DIAND. The other one, we are looking at the tax window that the former Minister of Finance for the Government of the Northwest Territories managed to get us. That is under the auspices of the Honourable Paul Martin.
On the site of the diamond sorting valuation, I have made it abundantly clear, as Mr. Kakfwi has, that we are not happy with the development of the current public policy that is under way by Mr. Lazarovich as it relates to diamond sorting valuation. That is clear. It has been said in plain, blunt and simple language. We have also indicated to him that we want to be involved in the final details, if you want, in the writing of the diamond mining regulations that are coming under review at the present time. We must also bear in mind that we have limited jurisdiction over this. It requires persuasive debate with our political colleagues in Ottawa to try to get the changes that are necessary that both Mr. Kakfwi and I feel need to be done. That is underway as we speak, and we are trying to meet with Ms. Stewart and Mr. Martin later on this month. That is underway right now, and we are speaking of our position clearly.
On the issue of how do we increase our tax revenues so it does not impede on our gross expenditure base, I do not yet have, in fairness to Mr. Martin, a clear position from him whether he is prepared to put a table together to discuss an expansion of the tax window that we currently have. But certainly I have said to him that if he wants to find a method, as said to me, to make the north less dependent on transfer payments from the south, then this surely has a method in which he can do it and what you can do where there would be no additional cost to the federal government. Because the revenues that are being generated from the diamond mine are incremental revenues that he has not got in his balance sheet at the present time. Thank you.