Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The department does have a lands policy whereby claims are settled, lands can be transferred to communities. I think the process we are working on through the regional office at the present time is attempting to, if you will, get a head start on the implementation plan that is upcoming with the Beaufort Delta self-government agreement. In fact, in those discussions that have been going on in the community, we have been including representatives of the Beaufort Delta negotiating group to make sure that we are not getting out ahead of that process, if you will. What we are trying to do is develop an inclusionary process that allows all those agencies and groups in the community to participate.

Beyond that, there is a process whereby if a third party, private sector individual is applying for land, those applications are received either by ourselves or by the town. There is a consultation process. There is a process of sale to the town and then it goes on from there.

What we are hoping to do is quickly have the community resolve, come to some kind of understanding as to how they would like to see land administered, and then proceed on with the transfers from there. Thank you.