. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the Hay River Reserve is a reserve. They asked to be a reserve and were granted to be a reserve by the federal government. However, the federal government did not come forward with what other reserves get in southern Canada. They get directly funded by the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs to put in the infrastructure and to provide the programs and services. Instead, the Government of the Northwest Territories is tasked to provide those programs and services. To date, that is what we have been doing.
Your request to review the Hay River Reserve as a separate community is the first time I have heard about it. Perhaps other Ministers have heard it before, but this is the first time I have heard this. We are going to have to review this, it is a bigger issue than something to commit to in the standing committee. I do not think I can commit to it. You raised the issue and it is something that we have to address and work through, to see where it will go at this point. Thank you.