Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I too was very pleased to attend the Dehcho First Nations Annual General Assembly, and was very happy that the Member from Deh Cho, the Member from Nahendeh attended as well. At that meeting, it was announced that a Ministerial Special Representative reporting to the federal and territorial governments will come into effect, that this Ministerial Special Representative will provide objective advice on whether an agreement is possible and what the key terms of such an agreement might be.

I should note that this MSR, as we refer to it, is not a mediator or facilitator acting between the parties to negotiate or facilitate negotiations. My timeline is that Minister Bennett, the plan is for her to visit the Northwest Territories within the next two weeks, I think it's around July 18thor 19th, at which time we expect that the name of the Ministerial Special Representative will be announced. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.