Again, I am glad to see the Wildlife Act moving forward and hope to have it passed in this legislation. As long as I have been here, that has always been my priority getting that section of legislation, but there are other sections of the land claim agreements that still need to be enacted.

I mentioned forestry. There is a forestry provision in the land claim agreements that basically talks about commercial harvesting. It talks about forest management plans. It talks about how the forest is going to be managed in those settlement areas. In order for them to be able to have that authority, they have to get it by way of legislative authority.

Again, that is another section I feel this government has to deal with. I know the economic measures have been controversial over the time. That is why we went with the MOU thing. Again, at some point, we have to make a decision of moving on the economic measures. I think, for ourselves, it is pretty clear.

I will use the Gwich’in agreement. It basically states section 10.1.4 that where government carries out public activities in the settlement area which gives rise to employment and other economic opportunities, the government elects to enter into a contract with respect to those activities. The Government of the Northwest Territories preferential contracting policies, procedures and approaches intended to maximize regional and northern employment and business opportunities should be followed respectively by Canada and the Government of the Northwest Territories, and then again it goes on to talk about the Government of the Northwest Territories consult the Gwich’in Tribal Council in developing and modifying its preferential contracting policies and procedures.

Again, that section flows from the Gwich’in economic measures. But for some reason this government totally does not want to touch it, but it clearly says the Government of the Northwest Territories. I would like to know, when is this part of the legislation going to be implemented to bring it into force and effect? That legislation is just like what they have in the Inuvialuit agreement which talk about protected measures agreement in that agreement. There is a section in Nunavut’s agreement that talks about protected measures. That is why you don’t have to put out contracts in

the Inuvialuit settlement region. Basically, the preferential policies are exactly what is in the economic policies in the Gwich’in agreement, the Sahtu agreement and the Tlicho agreement. When can we see that legislation get enacted as it was negotiated in the land claim agreements?