Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this is a process of negotiations. The Member may not be aware, but we have been through this a number of occasions in the past. When the Inuvialuit Agreement was presented to the public, this issue came up about the border dispute with the Gwich'in and the Sahtu. I was involved in that. There was a process I was engaged in and those issues were resolved. When the Gwich'in claim was presented to the public as well, the same process ensued with the Sahtu. Those issues were resolved. The Sahtu claim also saw the same process. The Deh Cho and the Dogrib regions were impacted and the parties simply went together and resolved their differences.
The pressure is going to be intense, I believe. The negotiations are difficult and very stressful for everybody, but they are negotiations. All I can say is that I think we are interested in helping in whatever way we can to make sure that the issues that are raised by Akaitcho are addressed. The Minister, Bob Nault, is aware of that. I think everyone agrees that these issues have to be addressed and resolved before a final agreement is considered by the Tlicho beneficiaries, by this government, by the Government of Canada and Parliament.
There is no easy answer in this House because we are not involved in the day-to-day negotiations. That is for the Akaitcho and the Tlicho to sit down and resolve. We hope that the Minister, Mr. Nault, will provide some process that will give comfort that the parties should engage and arrive at a conclusion that is satisfactory to both. I am not certain that has gone underway yet, but it is my expectation based on all of the other agreements that have been addressed in the Northwest Territories by aboriginal people that there is a way to do it, it can be done, and we expect no less in this situation. Thank you.