Thank you, Madam Chair. Okay, well, I was going to let it good news is always good news. So we were going to release the core principles and objectives. That work was coming out. We're looking at actually moving that forward to -- the federal government does have their negotiating mandates out. We're actually just finished the work with Cabinet, finalizing it, changing it, and Cabinet is of the view that we should also be releasing our core mandates principles -- or mandates out there. So again, that's -- I was hoping to do a bigger announcement but this is the announcement. And you will see that coming out forward.

I do think that once it's on the table, there's nothing -- we talked in Cabinet. There is nothing in those negotiated mandates -- I mean, it's not one mandate. I remember being asked in the House. It's lots on every different area, every different program, every different health, infrastructure, all kinds of things -- well, maybe not infrastructure. So there is nothing in those that is a big top secret that any Cabinet Minister could see. So we've gone through the work as Cabinet. We're finalizing it. And then we will be publicizing it. So yes. And you know, we're close to an agreement-in-principle with the Akaitcho. They have the paperwork in hand; they're just waiting for their membership to get through with it. That might be internal issues with them. We have the southeast corner -- southeast or southwest -- southeast corner that's -- you know, we're hoping that will be done pretty soon. We have the Yukon government one. I can't remember what they're called on that corner there. So there's quite a few actually that are close.

But like I said, Madam Chair, one day you think you're close and the next day there's a change in leadership or something happens at the table and it all falls apart. So I can't commit that every one of them -- and I was not foolish enough to say that every one will be done. But what I can commit to is that we are working diligently, and this Cabinet is engaged and does make it a priority and is doing the work to try to get them settled. Thank you, Madam Chair.