Mr. Speaker, again, there is no organization. My involvement was through the Executive. As I told them there, there are no methods that I could bring from a Cabinet or the Assembly because we had not had that discussion. The area of involvement from other companies, I’m not sure if the other people who participated paid their own way to the meeting as well. I didn’t ask
about that. I just ensured that from our part that it was as if there’s any discussion happening across the Northwest Territories around matters of what we could be or what our possibilities are, I’d like to be involved and I would, from the Executive side, ensure that we paid our ticket and not be held accountable to anybody else outside of our environment.
The issue of where they get their mandate from or those issues, again, it was a group of individuals who came together -- some had business, some youth, some had previous government experience -- to discuss the possibilities of the North. In a sense, there is no mandate that this goes to, because it is something for discussion.
Now, how it links to our vision is up to us here in this Assembly. If we would like to see what this declaration can mean for us or, in fact, I think we could look at our vision and goals and almost parallel them with that of what came out in the seven principles and have that discussion about what could be and how do we align ourselves or position ourselves to enhance what we could be as a Territory. I think that’s the important one, is how do we take it up, how do the governing bodies of this Territory take this and make this work. That piece of work that was done is one for just discussion. Now I think it is up to us and I think here’s an opportunity for us to say and look at let’s take this energy and let’s tap into it and see where we can go with it as a Legislative Assembly and move forward on that basis if we’re willing. Thank you.