Mr. Speaker, I believe that on a number of fronts we are engaging the public in how we look at business in the North.
For example, even though we may not have the legal responsibility of water management or some of the land areas we are discussing with the federal government, we as the 16th Assembly have
engaged with aboriginal leadership on coming up with a water strategy, and we want to work with that. The Minister of ITI has the economic discussion table that will remain open. We have the Minister of Finance having his tables open on the revenue side of the equation in the Northwest Territories. So there are a number of fronts we are having continuous public input on in those areas as we develop our own strategies made in the North.
I think the Member’s point should be taken as well: the fact that we in the Northwest Territories need to bring those authorities here so we can make a decision and have our own designs put in place for how we develop in the Northwest Territories.