Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the final agreement of the Dogrib Treaty 11 negotiations has not been concluded. There is a negotiating session in Ottawa this week as we speak. Subjects on the table are incremental costs, the financial issues, as well as the question of certainty and the whole area about boundary and overlap. These are the three very major issues that are on the table for discussion as we speak.

The position of our government has always been that Canada is responsible for 100 percent of the incremental costs required to implement the Dogrib final agreement. This government will provide funding for most programs and services, but as a small jurisdiction with a very limited revenue base, it will be very difficult, so we cannot afford to pay the incremental costs of implementing self-government without reducing the level of programs and services to all NWT residents. As a result, the GNWT's position has always been that Canada has to be responsible for the incremental costs. This is one of the issues that is still outstanding. Thank you.