Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, there is a Makivik offshore land claims agreement that is underway. When the Northern Quebec and James Bay Agreement was negotiated, just for clarification here, Canada committed to deal with the northern Quebec Inuit offshore claim should the federal claims policy be revised to allow such claims. The federal government has accepted the Inuit of northern Quebec claim of a traditional use and occupancy of the offshore area between a Nunavut settlement area and the coast of Quebec known as the Nunavik Marine region. But, the Nunavik Marine region falls entirely within the Northwest Territories, and in the Nunavut Final Agreement, there is overlapping interest of the people of northern Quebec and the people of the NWT.

As a result, during the claims talk there is discussion about how this thing is going to be worked out. Yes, we have people who monitor this claims process. The arrangements have not been resolved yet. On the fiscal matter, it is difficult to get into details of that. The islands are in the N.W.T. area. During the Nunavut Final Agreement, there is agreement that the land the Makivik Inuit of northern Quebec traditionally use, that part of the country will continue to do so. So, there is an overlap agreement, that is attempted to be sorted out during this Makivik offshore lands claims agreement. Thank you.