Just following up on Mr. Bromley’s question, I know that this issue is out there. I know there are ways that you could probably get around it. It is either have some land tenure for 30 years, we get a lease for 30 years subject that that land is in the negotiating process.
I know when we did land selection in the Sahtu and the Gwich’in area, they selected lands where the Housing Corporation had units on it. Basically it was subject to those lands that were IAB lands. We selected those lands but the Housing Corporation was aware that those lands did have that title on it. Once the claim was settled, then you knew which lands were which and either did a land swap in regards to those lands which taken over you either bought it outright or you basically guaranteed to a long-term 20 or 30-year lease with the corporation with the land owner, which now is municipal lands that are owned by the First Nations government. I don’t know why that is something that is a problem here.
We have the Hay River Reserve in the Northwest Territories where we are providing houses from the Housing Corporation on the reserve which is, if anything, a more restrictive process than the land claims process. I think there are ways you could work it through. But I think the cleanest way is just agree with them at the negotiating table, that the government take it to the table and say, look, we need land. You have 30 houses to build here. Is there a guarantee that we can build these units subject to a 30-year lease agreement and subject to the ownership remaining with the band through the claims process?