Mr. Speaker, I will take the question but I know that my minister for federal-provincial relations gave the answer last week.
When we negotiate with a group of people about what should be the status of running their own affairs, we cannot give the final decision before it has been negotiated.
What are the goals of the government? They are not very complicated. I was Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Affairs Development for more than six years. I know that we need a different regime where we can delegate to them the authority to make their own decisions. I have said time and again that we made a lot of mistakes. Perhaps the time has come to let them make some mistakes themselves by giving them the authority to decide locally regarding education, welfare, housing, economic development and not have them wait for instructions from bureaucrats in Ottawa.