Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the federal government has the control over our lands and resources in the North. That has been the case for a long time. None of us in the North like it, and we would like to make some changes.

In order to do that, all of the groups, including the Gwich'in Tribal Council, of whose final agreement the honourable Member is referring to, passed in as a clause, but there are conditions put in place by the federal government. Those conditions state we have to try to get everybody on board. Hopefully, everybody is in sync with this. It is going to take some time to work with the aboriginal governments to develop a position so we can move on it.

In the meantime, the federal government still has control over our gas in the Liard Valley, our oil down in the Sahtu, and the diamond mines north of Yellowknife. They have the control. We do not like it, but that is the way it is right now. What we are trying to do is create an environment where we can all work together to negotiate with the federal government the devolution of our natural resources so we have the control in the North. It is going to take some time. We are working with the aboriginal governments to make this happen.

We had a meeting yesterday with the aboriginal representatives of most of the aboriginal governments to start talking about this. Thank you.