Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I believe there's a mistaken belief out there that we provide Métis health benefits that are different than the NIHB, the Non-Insured Health Benefits. In fact, the Métis health benefits we provide here in the Northwest Territories are an exact mirror of NIHB in every way, it just happens to be funded by us rather than funded by the federal government.
Moving forward, we anticipate, given the Daniels ruling, that the federal government will simply include Métis people under NIHB. So the benefits that they receive should be identical, unless there is a decision by the federal government to amend or change NIHB, and we have no indication that that is the case. So the individuals should receive exactly the same benefits that they are receiving today. The funding agent will be different, and that builds upon Mr. O'Reilly's point, that the federal government needs to come to the table. We agree wholeheartedly.
The federal government lost the Daniels case and they have been told that they need to provide services to Métis. We aren't sure what they intend to do, but are hopeful that they will meet that.