Mr. Speaker, Grand Chief Pelletier was elected in the latter part of last year for a three-year term. We retained the firm of Coopers & Lybrand to assess the election. It said it was a valid election.
In the last few months there has been a meeting at the reserve and there was a petition or a vote to remove Grand Chief Pelletier and put another chief in.
The problem is Mr. Pelletier has not resigned. He sent me a letter saying he is still the chief. The new person also says he is the chief. We are looking at custom, tradition and the fact that we have already had elections. I will have to think about this and seek advice on where we go from here.