Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Minister alluded earlier, in response to a question in one of his comments was that there has been some negative feedback to the document. A few people have made negative feedback. I would suggest to the Minister, that is probably the tip of the iceberg and it would be a serious underestimation on his part if he thinks that it is just a few people expressing concerns about some of the conditions laid down in that document.

I have a little concern, when the Minister tells me that more than likely, we will not have a document ready for 1999, when two new territories are created, and I am concerned that we are going to go and rush another process through in a couple of months time and get supposed good feedback and that, and put another document together. I think this document that has been presented has gone a long way towards creating more divisions in the north, especially in the western territory, in that I believe it unnecessarily raised expectations on one side and really dampened or frustrated a lot of hopes on the other side.

I think that these people that I have talked to, no one is against the principle just because it is fact, no one is against the principle of the aboriginal inherent right to self-government. It is a fact, no one is arguing against that. It is how that can be implemented with public government, I think, is the question that has to be addressed. I think the way that it has been proposed already has probably done more damage towards making that a reality in the new western territory, because as I said previously, it has created expectations on, particularly the aboriginal side, that great, now we have this in place and we can combine our self-government and public government and we can come with two votes, and it has created that expectation and I believe that is unrealistic. It is certainly in its present form.

On the non-aboriginal side, there is a feeling that the basic fundamental principle is going to be removed from a constitution, so I think the Constitutional Working Group have a phenomenal amount of work to do to try and recoup that confidence on both sides and I certainly wish them all the success in the world, but again I have very grave concerns about the speed that this process is going to take, and not enough time will go into getting a genuine document that all people can look at. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.