Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, NTI recently won an important decision in its favour at the federal Court of Appeal. The court found there was no evidence in the record that the federal Fisheries Minister had given special consideration to Nunavut's Inuit claim of adjacency to the turbot ad agency resources when he allocated Nunavut 100 tonnes of 1,100 increase through Canada's total allowable catch. Indeed, Mr. Speaker, that decision had the effect of decreasing or reducing Nunavut's share to 24.4 percent of the overall catch. Mr. Speaker, I have raised this question in the House several times on what this government was doing to support NTI and the Inuit of Nunavut with regard to the principle of adjacency with fishing rights off Baffin and Nunavut's east coast. Since NTI won the appeal, there are apparently no grounds on which to appeal this decision to the Supreme Court. NTI is to be congratulated for bringing this issue forward in such a vigorous way.

Next week, our Minister for RWED will be attending a meeting of Fisheries Ministers and I would hope that Mr. Kakfwi again will bring this topic up with his federal counterparts. Later today, I will address some questions to the Minister on the principles of adjacency as outlined in the Nunavut land claim that has been held up in the recent supreme court decision and our government's reaction to them. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.