Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Member again is correct. The Minister of DIAND is in effect the Minister responsible for the Territories, all three territories in fact. We are a government. We have limited authority, because we don't have authority over land and water and resources. That's what devolution is all about, is trying to change that so we have the same authority, same responsibility, same rights as do citizens living anywhere else in the provinces. We have a right to that as Canadians. Mr. Speaker, we need to unite, we need to get together, we need to understand that and not keep frustrating the process by our own little competition back and forth about who's going to control what pieces before we have anything to control. Unfortunately, when it comes to resource revenue sharing and devolution, we get too caught up too often in fighting with ourselves rather than working together. Our latest effort with the aboriginal leaders is to get over that. Let's agree on principle. Let's get the resources to the North. Let's

agree on getting that authority in the North and then we can figure out how to divide it up after that. That's what self-government is all about. So, Mr. Speaker, that is the way.

Mr. Speaker, I don't think it's time yet to declare ourselves a separate republic, but I'll take that under advisement. Thank you.