Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are directed to the Minister responsible for the Business Incentive Policy. It is in regards to my Member’s statement and the principles that are laid out in the policy. Again, I touched on number three where it talks about the policy should not try

to dis the president and future self-government treaties or land claim-based rights. Again, I believe that under the land claim agreements and under what the government is going to be doing here in the Northwest Territories is working to develop a list of Gwich’in businesses in the Gwich’in settlement area through a Gwich’in business registry. Yet a lot of these businesses aren’t able to take advantage of government contracts that fall under BIP, and also under the land claim agreement there’s a provision that allows for consultation with the Government of the Northwest Territories whenever they’re changing policies, procedures, by way of legislation. So I’d just like to ask the Minister responsible for the BIP exactly what the government is doing to ensure we’re not prejudiced to those land claim agreements with policies that are working against the land claim agreements.