The Aboriginal governments want to have meaningful input at the negotiation table, rather than just being told this is what’s happening, this is how you can participate. Hence, we got the issue of the Gwich’in taking the territorial government to court. I’m not too sure how far we can have discussions on that, but that’s how our relationship has deteriorated with one of the Aboriginal governments that represent a number of communities such as the Gwich’in Tribal Council.

What costs, as the Legislative Assembly, are we willing to pay to put this deal to bed and say that’s it, this is the deal and this is how it’s going to be done? What are the costs to us?