Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the government supports the conclusion and the work on all issues regarding aboriginal rights of people. It also stands on its record of defending and making sure that the rights of other people, aboriginal and non-aboriginal, are not infringed upon in the course of completing these agreements. There should be nothing read into the fact that I attended. I was invited. I attended that. This was supported by a Cabinet decision that we would go there to initial and support the Tlicho Agreement to be initialled. It went public. The Akaitcho people now have copies. The public has copies. We expect them to critique it as they have and to try to find a process to engage in that would see their issues and concerns with this particular agreement addressed. They have some time to do that.

They are also in the courts trying to resolve it. It is their choice on how they choose to address these issues. We believe there have been precedents in many, many cases. There are other groups who have taken the same position and found a way to sit down and resolve these issues. I believe it is possible. Unfortunately, it is not going to be resolved in this room. Thank you.