Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just want to be clear. I support the Intergovernmental Forum and the process there, and certainly hope that we are able to reach an agreement with our partners at the table on moving some of those controls of the resources and some of the monies north, instead of continually seeing the royalties headed south.
My concern really is one that we have not just by accident put ourselves in a situation where three or four years down the road, the federal government is going to be able to come back and say well, you accept your responsibility here, that was a precedent, and therefore we are going to, as they have been insisting for a number of years, your government is going to have to pick up some of the costs for implementation. They are not on record as saying they will not consider implementing self-government unless this government kicks in already.
I just want to know that this government is making sure that we are protecting ourselves from that sort of situation, and would hope that the Premier would, with the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, take a look at the situation and perhaps, if necessary, put in writing to the federal Minister just that stipulation to our provision of the funding in this situation. I am not speaking against the funding, I just want to make sure we do not get stuck holding the bag at the end of the day because of missing something. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.