Rob Clarke at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

On November 19th, 2009. See this statement in context.

November 19th, 2009 / 9:40 a.m.

Conservative

Rob Clarke Conservative Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, SK

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I'd like to thank the premier and his hardworking crew for coming in so early this morning for our meetings.

I'll first go right to one of the flyers that I noticed here and the Denesuline in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. We're talking about economic development for aboriginals: the Métis, the Dene, and the Inuit.

I know there's a big land claim going on right now that's in the process of being negotiated between the federal government and the northern Saskatchewan Dene, and also with the aboriginals, first nations, in the NWT. Can you tell me what the progress is, where they stand right now, or how it is progressing? And in what kind of timeline could this land claim be settled?

See context to find out what was said next.