Mr. Speaker, the Member is correct; we had a process in the last government and that process is continuing. I have talked to the Minister of DIAND, Minister Scott, about the Aboriginal Summit, about the Intergovernmental Forum, and he has confirmed to me that he wants to continue with those same discussions. The previous Minister of DIAND did appoint David Peterson to negotiate devolution, but he didn't give them a mandate to negotiate resource revenue sharing. That mandate stayed with Finance Canada.

I am frustrated with Finance Canada because it's been since the fall of 2003 that we gave them our position and we have never been able to sit down with them since. I'm also disappointed that DIAND and Finance Canada don't seem to be able to get together and present one position as a government rather than two different positions as two federal departments. Those are issues that I've raised with the Prime Minister and I'll continue to raise with him. I believe that if he really wants to see success with the northern strategy and see success with some of the major economic opportunities, he is going to have to find a way of getting those federal departments to sit down and speak with one voice. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.