Mr. Speaker, this is the very first initial meeting with David Peterson. There is a negotiation session of the Intergovernmental Forum set to take place in mid-November and we are intending to pursue this further, through a joint working relationship with the Aboriginal Summit and ourselves in developing a joint letter to both Minister Nault and Minister Manley in regard to our concern of the mandate.

We fully intend to work together and pursue that there be a full mandate, either through separate tables or representative of Finance Canada at a single table, we intend to pursue that at this point in time. Thank you.