Good day, gentlemen. I have to wonder if you often hear French spoken in the NWT.
I myself am from northwestern Quebec. Nunavik is part of my riding. Given the unique situation in Quebec, we are not familiar with the NWT's lack of authority over the management of their own affairs, in particular the negotiations with first nations, a very timely issue. Does the authority that you have and that stems from these agreements give you some power within the population in general?
To determine whether or not it does, I would like to know, first of all, what the first nation population of the territories is versus the non-native population? Does this population include some Inuit, or only first nation members? The Inuit like to say that they are a different population group. They do not like to be lumped in with first nations. They prefer to be identified separately as Inuit. I'm not sure if you have witnessed this. Can you give me some idea of the population in each group in the NWT?