Mr. Speaker, I would urge that this government and the Minister in the strongest diplomatic language that is

available to him make it known to the federal government this jurisdiction of the Northwest Territories, our disgust with these arrangements having been made without our consultation. I would ask now in my supplementary question to the Minister. Has his department, his officials and himself contacted our federal officials to discuss these developments and will there be a meeting to look at the developments that have occurred over the past two months? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.