Has the government or the Executive considered dispute mechanisms in regard to arbitration or having an arbitrator come and try to work it out between the parties and try to find a way that they can save face, but at the same time save the Northwest Territories from collapsing politically because of an agreement that has some people on and some people aren’t ready to sign, the other ones are looking at it? So have we considered alternative dispute mechanisms such as the possibility of arbitration or mediation to have someone come in between the parties and have somebody run between the Aboriginal governments, the GNWT? It’s just like being in kindergarten and trying to keep the kids from fighting in the playground. So I’m wondering, have we looked at those types of alternatives to get ourselves back? What I’m suggesting is we have to find something that’s going to get us back to some table and find a way that we can sit down and talk face to face. I mean, I was over in Dettah and over the last number of days there was not one government employee in there. Yet as MLAs we walked in, sat down and made sure. They might have said a few things we might not have liked, but at least we were there. We all live in the Northwest Territories, we all know each other and the thing is why is it that we seem like we’re in two camps here.

I think, for me, we have to find a way around it. So has that option been considered in light of where we are today, such as mediation or arbitration or court? My suggestion is mediation.