Mr. Speaker, as I said, some aboriginal leaders have different priorities. They want to finish their negotiations for a land agreement or a land claims agreement. We respect that and we're not going to try to force them to change their priorities. Mr. Speaker, those who want to participate with us, of course, will be able to take advantage of the benefits that may come with a successful agreement and we do appreciate the support from them.
Mr. Speaker, what's at risk? I think the main thing at risk here is the ability for northerners, aboriginal or non-aboriginal, to make our own decisions regarding our territory. Mr. Speaker, it's very possible that if we are not successful with devolution and resource revenue sharing as a package, that we will achieve resource revenue sharing through another avenue. That is working with the provinces and other territories on the fiscal imbalance task. We could, and I'm optimistic that we will, get the same sort of share of resource revenues in the Northwest Territories as do provinces. That was the recommendation from the O'Brien report and it's possible for it to be achieved that way.
Mr. Speaker, my concern with going that route alone is that it does not include the aboriginal governments. It doesn't include the aboriginal self-governments in the equation, and that would be the second choice, in my view. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.