Mr. Chairman, there are different ways of looking at this, I suppose. The Highway Transfer Agreement we have with the federal government says that the federal government is responsible for new roads. The approach we have been using with Indian Affairs is under the Community Aboriginal Economic Development Program. Really, this program is a program that is administered through the Department of Economic Development. We have been putting proposals to Economic Development as things to consider while we are getting funding from Indian Affairs towards our Non-Renewable Resource Strategy. That is the approach we have been using.
Another reason why they may come to the conclusion that Indian Affairs has no program in place which specifically identifies that they will fund 100 percent of any project. The only program that I have read, that I have seen from Indian Affairs suggests that there has to be partnerships, there has to be a certain amount of other funding rather than strictly Indian Affairs funding.
The approach we have taken is through the Community Aboriginal Economic Development Program. The program is open to any community or any aboriginal group as well. Thank you.