Thank you, Mr. Chair. I cannot speak for the federal government. I can say that when I attended the FPT, Federal-Provincial-Territorial, meetings with the federal Housing Minister, that I did state that by making individual agreements the federal government -- with Aboriginal bands/governments, that it does put all of the other Aboriginal governments in a place of conflict and it puts the Government of the Northwest Territories in a place of conflict as well. It leaves the perception that all you have to do is ask, and if you ask you'll get more money, and not all Aboriginal governments have the resources or the ability to be able to lobby as hard as the Inuvialuit have.
So again, I cannot speak for what the federal government decides to do, but I can say that as the Minister for the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation I have shared my concerns when the federal government does negotiate singly with Aboriginal governments. Thank you, Mr. Chair.