Mr. Speaker, we are involved in a number of land claims negotiations, as well as beginning a devolution process soon. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Nitah.

Thank you, Mr. Nitah. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Finance, Mr. Handley.

Mr. Speaker, I would agree.

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Nitah.

Thank you, Mr. Nitah. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Finance, Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, while negotiations are going on, life has to carry on. People have to abide by the existing rules. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Final supplementary, Mr. Nitah.

Thank you, Mr. Nitah. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Finance, Mr. Handley.

Mr. Speaker, I would be pleased to take up that invitation to go to Fort Resolution. The Department of Finance does not set the rules on who pays what. Our role in this sort of situation is to collect when it is referred to us. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Steen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I believe my statement indicated there are some people who were trained as instructors and there are some who trained as just ordinary firemen. When they get back to their communities, they would then take on training their own local crews, so that improves the fire fighting system within the communities. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, that is exactly my point, for those communities that were not able to take part in this program, which is there to assist communities to get people trained so they can train other people in the communities. At present, the communities I represent are not part of this program. How do those communities that did not take part in this program have an opportunity to do so in the future? Will that opportunity still be there?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Steen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the fire fighter training program is ongoing. Those communities that have not taken part will have the opportunity to put forward people they would like to see trained, and MACA will take that on from there. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can the Minister tell me, are there only so many seats allowed for this program? How does a community get an assurance that, say in my riding, there will be a guarantee that we will have people here from the Mackenzie Delta to take part in this? Will they be guaranteed a seat?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Steen.