Thank you, Mr. Chair. The issue I want to talk with the Minister on are federal/provincial/territorial discussions and, I guess, more of the intergovernmental fiscal relationship in terms of the one big issue that's been noted by this House here in terms of the First Nations health benefits. We've been carrying a big load for the federal government in terms of the dispute and the numbers here and that somewhat is hurting our position in the financial terms of the needs and wants in our communities. I just have a hard time believing that the federal government considered crossing us in our discussions and not have any sense of guilt or any sense of shame, I guess, is the word I could put. This small territorial government here is carrying, and for us it's a huge load because it means a lot. For them it's...(inaudible)...because it's a big government and they have lots of money maybe elsewhere, but for us on our budget and the amount of requests that we get in as Members and, of course, you as Ministers get in terms of what we need in our community. I'd like to ask the Minister is there anything new that we can expect in terms how do we deal with this great big shame that the federal government has somehow put on us to carry? We do it because that's what we do in the Northwest Territories; we take care of people. Sometimes we're a little too hard on some of our own people here. We took good care of them, really good, I think so. You don't see them starving, Mr. Chair, in the communities. You certainly don't see them go without food, work. We take good care of our own people here. That's because of that's who we are in

the Northwest Territories. I know that there are a lot of people who request help for medical travel, medical assistance, and we do it. Yet, shame on the federal government for putting this burden on us. We're rich in resources. I think we've got a bigger fight on that issue and I want to ask the Minister how are we dealing with it? I mean this is going to be carried over for next year again and it's going to add up and it's going to be tough on the 16th in terms of how you deal with this in terms, I guess... Is there any way in any type of discussion that we could ask the federal government to take it off our books sort of thing? How do we get this 30, 40, 50 million back from this; $20 million, whatever. Whatever the amount is, how do we get it back so we can give it back to our people? I want to ask that in terms of this fiscal policy and in terms of dealing with the government in Ottawa, the shameless government. Anyhow, thank you.