Mr. Chairman, my view would be that we would have one final devolution, final resource revenue sharing arrangement for the whole Northwest Territories that all aboriginal governments would sign on to along with us and the federal government. Then depending on the specific nature of their land claim or aboriginal rights claim, then there would be different arrangements, particularly on the resource revenue sharing side. Because we have to respect each of the claims and if they're not identical, then we need to have a different one for the Inuvialuit, the Gwich'in, the Sahtu and someday the Akaitcho, Deh Cho and Tlicho and so on. So

I see it as one agreement on devolution for the whole territory, one agreement on resource revenue for the whole territory and then sub-agreements that suit each land claim area. Mr. Chairman, I believe that is very close to how the federal government sees it as well. I don't think they want to create a whole bunch of little territories. I've never heard that from anyone in Ottawa. I think my view is that it would still be a central government, but full respect for each of the aboriginal governments and their settlements.