Mr. Chairman, I do not believe I am outside the scope. I believe I am talking about funding to a political organization. If you are funding organizations, as a government, you should be fair to all organizations, not just to pick and choose who you want to be at the table. I feel there has to be an allowance for those organizations such as the Deh Cho and those other groups to have an opportunity to opt into this process, rather than strictly saying, "Because you are not at the table you cannot take part."

I would like to know, similar to the $100,000 that was allocated to the Dene Nation, using the argument that they do not receive core funding from the government and they are receiving interim funding to partake in this process, will that funding be made available to the Mackenzie Valley Metis Federation?