Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is to the Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. We're hoping that there would have been some sort of tabling of the draft legislation for the Wildlife Act provisions but, as we all know, it's probably not going to happen.

This government has expended some $1.375 million since 1999-2000. Mr. Speaker, a lot of those dollars have been expended on drafting consultation and whatnot. Yet, Mr. Speaker, one of the concerns that is apparent, especially from the Inuvialuit Game Council and the Gwich'in Tribal Council, is that there's no intervener funding on behalf of those organizations to have their own drafters or lawyers look at the implications of what's in their land claims agreement and drafting that legislation along with the government. Right now, you're basically stating that you're consulting with those groups by way of the consultation process.

Mr. Speaker, I raised this issue last week in the House about what exactly consultation really means. Consultation under the land claims agreements is pretty clear. It's that consultation is to provide the party with consultation and notice that the matter of discussion is significant in form and detail, and allow the party to prepare its views and matters.