Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to talk about a great concern for the Akaitcho people, which is the Tlicho Agreement. Mr. Speaker, last week or the week before, I believe the Akaitcho released a full length page document outlining their concerns and specifically suggested ways that they may amend the Tlicho Agreement to address their concerns so that peace is made between the two groups, and an understanding. One of the biggest suggestions that they made is a concrete border between the two groups, a boundary that clearly distinguishes whose land it is.

As Northerners and as people living in the city of Yellowknife, and as people that do business in this area, there should be a lot of questions that should be asked. What does it mean for the business-owners who operate on the land? What does it mean for the hunters and trappers who operate on that land today who are not Treaty or Treaty 11 Tlicho members? What does it mean for BHP, for Diavik, for De Beers or for any other potential mining companies or investors who want to invest up here? There are rules that they are going to put in place once the final agreement is signed. They are going to create a board that is going to have a management responsibility over that entire north-of-the-Great-Slave-Lake area up to the Nunavut line, even into the Nunavut line. How does Nunavut feel about this, Mr. Speaker?

However, what is of great concern to me and my constituents is what we saw on TV on Northbeat when they initialled the Tlicho Agreement, Mr. Speaker. We saw our Premier witnessing the initials of the federal negotiator. I have to ask myself, as my constituents are asking me and asking themselves, is the Premier witnessing this initialling as an individual, as Stephen Kakfwi, or as the Premier? I will be asking the Premier questions regarding that. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.