Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the negotiators have flexibility at the table. As I indicated, the next session is not going to be until October. The chief negotiators are getting together in August. They had a four-day session last week, from Tuesday to Friday.
New material was placed on the table by Canada and the Dogribs. We have to look at it and provide further direction to our negotiators. That is what I was trying to relay in this message.
How we instruct the negotiators, especially towards the final claims, where all of the tough issues are, we have to make sure that the instructions are there to allow the negotiators to move the process along, while at the same time trying to provide our negotiators with instructions that the government is committed to. That will commit to public accountability. To try and ensure that at the end of the day there is an agreement in place that could be successfully implemented.
It is a delicate and very complex time that we are in. We are trying to make sure that there is enough flexibility, and we are trying to give enough direction in a timely manner to our negotiators so that they have something when they go to the table. Thank you.