Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I received a letter from the Premier indicating that some time

in the next week or so he’s going to meet with the aboriginal leaders to discuss some important issues.

I want to ask the Premier to respond on behalf of my people in terms of meeting with aboriginal leaders. We had a new election that just finished. We have a new government. In terms of the bigger issues in the Northwest Territories — its direction, unsettled land claims, devolution, resource revenue sharing…. The spirit and intent of meeting with aboriginal leadership is to move the agenda of the Northwest Territories forward so we get a fair shake in dealing with the federal government. We need to become stronger in the direction we’re taking on a number of issues, which people in the North want to see.

I would ask the Premier his intent to meet with aboriginal people, get them onside and knock on the door of Mr. Harper.