Thank you Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the minister for coming in today.
Minister, I have a couple questions here. I'm hearing from the opposition, from Ms. Crowder, about consultation. My definition, or what I'm hearing, is that consultation has to be willing, and that individuals, or communities, or first nations participate. What I've seen taking place a lot is government trying to engage, but the parties ignoring it, hoping to be able to say that the duty to consult was not met. I find that very frustrating.
But the other question I have is regarding the Akaitcho, which also goes for some of my northern communities as well, especially the Athabasca Dene Nation in northern Saskatchewan, which has laid claims in the valley over some of the land there where they had one been. Both communities were touching so closely they overlapped into the other territories.
With this devolution of the Northwest Territories, will that affect any type of land claim that the Athabasca Dene Nation is making right now?