Mr. Speaker, my answer to the first question is no.
In 1999 there is an agreement to divide the Northwest Territories into two. One part will be Nunavut which is the area I presently represent and hope to continue to represent after 1999. The western Arctic will be the area the Sahtu Dene and Metis land claims fall under.
I suspect there will be a lot of discussion on the constitution of the western Arctic portion of the Northwest Territories. It is pretty well settled as to who will define the constitution of the Nunavut area and that is us, the Inuit.
I think all the land claims groups in the western Arctic portion of the Northwest Territories will have a great role in defining the constitution of that western Arctic territory prior to 1999 in order to ensure proper implementation of the western Arctic territory.
Presently all the claimant groups in that western Arctic area are about equal to the non-aboriginal people in that area as well. Therefore I think the groups will have a large role in defining the constitution of the Government of the Northwest Territories in the western part.