National Defence committee  Not here right now, but yes, we can certainly look into this. Let me do a little bit of research on this so I can tell you.

National Defence committee  Yes.

National Defence committee  Sure.

National Defence committee  May I add? We haven't seen any actual correspondence on this from Pita Aatami to Premier Charest or his aboriginal affairs minister, but we know they've talked.

National Defence committee  No, just the fact that, for example, in terms of plan nord, we understand it will be announced later on today that the Quebec government is establishing working committees with people from Makivik and Kativik regional government in order to determine exactly how plan nord could be realized and implemented.

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair...

National Defence committee  Basically, we feel there is a lack of communication between Trenton and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. Why would it take five days? You could probably ask the same questions to those people.

National Defence committee  As you know, right now our land claims agreements are settled: James Bay and NILCA, the Nunavik Inuit Land Claims Agreement. We are basically in the midst of implementing all this right now. I would say that on many of the issues right now that we've negotiated with the Quebec and Canadian governments, it's going along pretty well.

National Defence committee  If you're asking us what we think we don't have, because we're part of the northern strategy, we look at some of the recent commitments put forward by Minister Strahl in the August press conference on the northern strategy. It does show here that in terms of the recent commitments, the Canadian government decided to establish a deep-water berthing and fueling facility in Nanisivik, so this is good, obviously.

National Defence committee  We were just talking about that earlier. On page 18 of the same document, mention is made of the mineral resources in the north, but there is nothing said about Nunavik's mineral resources. Therefore, we have to wonder if these resources are included or not.

National Defence committee  We have not looked at how much the federal government contributes to Nunavut versus what it gives to Nunavik. That's something we should do.

National Defence committee  I cannot comment on that.

National Defence committee  Right now Quebec plays a major role in housing, for example. As you know, right now in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories public housing is basically the Canadian government's responsibility. In Quebec, public housing falls under a federal-provincial agreement. So in this case the province plays a major role.