Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yesterday in my question to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, I spoke about impact benefit agreements and how some chiefs and councils are using the financial compensation they receive from resource companies such as Diavik and BHP, and give that to their members. Now, that portion of funds that has been given to their members has been clawed back by this government on the notion that it is an unearned income.

My understanding of the impact benefit agreements -- and I am going to be probing the appropriate Minister to find what their understanding is -- is that it is compensation for loss of resources and the use of land. If that is the case, Mr. Speaker, compensation that our First Nations across the Territories are negotiating with federal government in terms of land claims, if they decide to pay some of that compensation dollars to their members, is this government going to be clawing back that portion from those income support recipients? I will be probing this line of thought with the appropriate Minister this afternoon. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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