Mr. Speaker, as a party to the Dehcho process negotiations, this government continues to work closely and in earnest with the Dehcho First Nations and the Government of the Northwest Territories on the federal offer we tabled on May 30, 2006. Canada’s land and governance proposal, which is based on a land selection model, has the settlement of the Dehcho’s comprehensive claim in the NWT as its primary objective. It is this government’s hope that the Dehcho First Nations will provide their negotiators with a mandate to respond to Canada’s offer so that all parties can move towards a final agreement that will replace all interim measures.
In the House of Commons on March 30th, 2007. See this statement in context.