Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Regarding the Inuvialuit, who have negotiated their agreement where they have a particular section, you talk about participation agreements. Then you have the Gwich'in and the Sahtu agreements, which talk about the subsurface resources chapter of the agreement, which is chapter 21 in the Gwich'in agreement, chapter 22 in the Sahtu agreement.
In there, that is where the negotiations for the devolution of oil and gas and minerals come from. We had people already on payroll who negotiated these particular items. I am just wondering, why are we not using those same people who have had that previous experience or are still in negotiations with the Dogrib and other regions? Why are we not using those negotiators to negotiate the claims process, through the devolution to the transfer of things such as the oil and gas accord, the Northern Accord and what not?
Those sections were negotiated in these land claim agreements. I am just wondering, why are we not using those negotiators that we have at the table right now in the other areas to work with regard to this devolution process? That is where it came from. It came from the 1988 agreement that was signed between Mulroney and I think it was Dennis Patterson back then. Why are we not using those negotiators?