Points Of Order  Mr. Speaker, yesterday under Standing Order 31, Statements by Members, I talked about a new federal building of 120,000 square feet. I would like to correct the record. The correct number is 40,000 square feet. In my metric conversion I cubed rather than squared.

First Nations  Mr. Speaker, this is another example of the need for this long awaited ethics counsellor. Will the Prime Minister agree that the long awaited ethics counsellor would find this arrangement to be a blatant conflict of interest?

First Nations  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Prime Minister. The wife of the chair of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development has been hired by a federally funded Assembly of First Nations as a media relations officer. My colleague from the Official Opposition has asked for the chairman's resignation.

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, the federal government has decided to build its own $11.9 million office complex in Sault Ste. Marie. This steel, brick and glass building will include 120,000 square feet on two storeys to house the Canada Employment Centre, the Income Securities Office, Revenue Canada, Health Canada, Public Works and Government Services, and the RCMP.

Sahtu Dene And Metis Land Claim Settlement Act  Mr. Speaker, the member who just spoke was a businessman in his previous life. Has he looked at the agreement from the standpoint of the new bureaucracy, how it would affect doing future business and how it would affect existing businesses within the settlement area?

Sahtu Dene And Metis Land Claim Settlement Act  Mr. Speaker, it seems a bit like the further we get away from the first presentations the more murky some of the debate becomes. I would like to make a couple of points and then ask a couple of related questions. We are really looking for open debate. We are talking about an area three-quarters the size of Nova Scotia to be set out in fee simple and constitutionally entrenched.

Sahtu Dene And Metis Land Claim Settlement Act  Mr. Speaker, I have one more question. There was some discussion about the history of these kinds of negotiations in the member's statement. I just wondered whether the member was familiar with the comprehensive western Arctic Dene-Metis agreement. It was signed in 1990 and included a larger settlement area, but it included this specific area within it.

Sahtu Dene And Metis Land Claim Settlement Act  Mr. Speaker, my first question relates to the B.C. Treaty Commission which was referred to as an impartial body. Three groups are involved in those negotiations, represented by the federal and provincial governments and the First Nations. My first question is why are third party interests and most especially the municipality or local governments that are elected and influenced by local negotiations not represented in that so-called impartial treaty commission?

Métis Society  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Justice. What is the minister doing about the criminal activity with respect to the tampering of minutes of the Métis Society of Saskatchewan?

Métis Society  I have a supplementary question, Mr. Speaker. Is the minister stonewalling because of the involvement or association of Marc LeClair, chief administrative officer of the Métis National Council, adviser to the Métis Society of Saskatchewan, a participant in the drafting of the Liberal red book and a member of the extraordinary Liberal aboriginal caucus?

Indian Affairs  Mr. Speaker, my supplementary is for the Minister of Canadian Heritage. Core funding for the Métis Society of Saskatchewan is provided by the minister's department. Can he assure the House that no fiscal 1994-95 funds will be released to the society until the investigation is completed and the financial mismanagement addressed?

Indian Affairs  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Justice. The Deloitte and Touche draft audit of the Métis Society of Saskatchewan identified that minutes of the society's meetings were tampered with. Métis society members have been denied access to this draft audit. Can the minister tell the House how he plans to deal with these irregularities and enforce the law?

Métis Society Of Saskatchewan  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. Could the minister confirm that the Deloitte & Touche draft audit of the Métis Society of Saskatchewan commissioned by the federal government and the Government of Saskatchewan has revealed fraud and fabrication of documents, a $1 million operating deficit by the society and violation of the funding agreement between the federal government and the society?

Métis Society Of Saskatchewan  Mr. Speaker, my supplementary question is for the Prime Minister. Rank and file Métis are concerned about the lack of accountability of funding arrangements by the department of Indian affairs and how it may affect Métis credibility and future funding. Could the Prime Minister assure the House that all future funding arrangements with aboriginal groups will include publicly disclosed annual audits?

Greenpeace Canada  Mr. Speaker, if I understood the minister's statement there is a difference between the international Greenpeace organization and Greenpeace Canada. If I understood the context, is it allowable to transfer funds from the one organization to the other?