Thank you, Mr. Chairman, I just want to make a couple of more points. I stated earlier that I found the process very flawed and it is really strange the way this whole thing has been handled. Even the media has been criticizing some of us and pointing the finger at using arguments of moral values and religious views. It seems like we are expected to remove any sense of compassion on this issue and just look at it strictly from a logistic point of view.

However, my opinion and my problem is that there was really no consultation, and I am very disappointed with the Social Programs Committee for not doing so, but the Minister in his position could have done it. He has the authority to instigate the consultation process. One of the options he has at his disposal is to go into communities and consult, but he chose not to. I would like to know why he thought that he had no responsibility to go into the aboriginal communities. From my point of view, it is the aboriginal communities that I am concerned about because for the most part that is who I represent. I want to know why the Minister felt, decided and chose to ignore the aboriginal people of the North when dealing with this piece of legislation.