Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just in economic measures, I will read a section of the Gwich'in agreement, 10.1.4, it says:
"where government carries out public activities in the settlement area, which gives rise to employment or economic opportunities, the government elects to enter into contracts with respect to those activities."
Section 8 deals with the Government of Canada, but section B is for the Government of the NWT, which says:
"the Government of the NWT preferential contracting, policies, procedures, approaches, intended to maximize regional and northern local employment and business opportunities."
For me, that means that this government has an obligation to ensure those are achieved in some way, shape or form.
I am asking the Minister responsible for Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, who has a say in how expenditures take place and how the different programs are administered, what is the department doing to improve the obligations they have in these agreements? Thank you.