It sounds like an easy question to ask, but it is a rather loaded one when you look at the complexities and the environment we work at here in the Northwest Territories. Previous Governments of the Northwest Territories

have worked with the federal government and Indian and Northern Affairs and Development Canada to come up with a position that… No one has a veto, but we fully recognize, as the Government of the Northwest Territories, we need to work in partnership with our aboriginal groups in the North to come up with the best plan for ourselves. That is ourselves as the North. Thank you.