Mr. Chairman, the new agency being created through this legislation basically takes on the same services and programs that are offered through the Dogrib Community Services Board.

Mr. Chairman, as an agency it has, through the Tlicho government, the authority to be able to make changes to any laws with regard to the mandate of the agency. Before they would make those changes, they would have to consult with the GNWT. They would also have to assume responsibility for any incremental costs. If for some reason GNWT considered that the proposed law would make it difficult for us to operate, we would consult with the agency and the Tlicho government to determine what course of action would have to be taken. This could result in either the GNWT or the Tlicho amending their laws to ensure that the laws could operate side by side. A specific example might be around the number of days of instruction in a year in a school system. That is stipulated in our Education Act. If the Tlicho government were to want to change it, either make it less or more, they would have to consult with us and we would then have to determine whether it was possible to do that given the reasons, and any incremental costs from it would be borne by the Tlicho government. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.