Mr. Chairman, let me correct one statement. There is no rift between the GNWT and the Aboriginal Summit. The Aboriginal Summit was set up for a specific purpose in furthering devolution and resource revenue sharing and also some economic activity. So that's still fine with us. Mr. Chairman, where there are differences is between some of the aboriginal organizations. While some have settled claims and want to get on with the implementation of their claims, that includes further steps on self-government, and they want to move ahead with that and they want to deal with devolution and resource revenue sharing. Other regional organizations, the Akaitcho, for example, have said they do not want to deal with devolution until they settle their agreement. The Dehcho have said the same thing. So we can't get ourselves in a position where we're forcing them to participate in something that they said they didn't want to participate in. So, Mr. Chairman, the best way of having peace among all of the regional organizations is to give them the money, let them create collectively their own organization that is going to respect their individual regional differences, and, at the same time, let them come together where there is a territorial consensus or a need to meet at a territorial level.

Mr. Chairman, I don't know, I can't predict where this is going. It may go the route we did up to 1991 with a comprehensive claim approach and then eventually that broke down and we started going to regional claims. Maybe that's the only way it will ever work, Mr. Chairman. I don't know. But we have to respect the right of each claimant organization to choose their own path. We can't determine that for them. Otherwise we're as colonial as we accuse the federal government of being.

Mr. Chairman, I just wanted to mention, as well, when I was listing off the participants of the Aboriginal Summit, I think I omitted the Tlicho, and the Tlicho are active participants, as well. Thank you.