Bob McLeod

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I believe that all of the Metis in Canada and in the Northwest Territories were very happy to see the Daniels court ruling. Our expectation would be that we are doing all of those things. If anything, we would expect the federal government to reimburse our government for expenditures on Metis health benefits, but that remains to be seen. The federal government, our understanding from Justice and our Aboriginal Affairs people is the Government of Canada will review it. They have no avenue to appeal, but they would look at how they would incorporate it. On the land claim...

It is under directorate, Mr. Chair. Thank you.

Minister responsible for Women, Mr. Chair.

We would have to look at that. Seeing as this is June already and we would have to take that into consideration and looking into what the Member is proposing.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We will see if we can change it so that these positions are identified by constituency rather than by region. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, things are going to start moving. I should say that the draft terms of reference on the Cabinet Standing Committee, was sent to SCOPP. We are waiting for feedback. As I said, there are three partners at the negotiating table. We have to make sure that… I could have made offers a long time ago, but there's no sense making an offer if they're just going to turn around and refuse it, or turn it down. We've had to work to make sure that we involved the federal government. We also involved the Aboriginal governments. As a matter of fact, I met with the Grand Chief of the...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That was a special grant for a feast. I think it was some special anniversary that the Literacy Council hosted. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. There's no ongoing delays. That happened because of these vacant positions, but I'll ask through you, Mr. Chair, for the deputy minister to go into more detail. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We'll be pleased to do that. Where it has been pointed out to us by our Aboriginal government partners, we've made representation to the federal government and generally they respond on a very quick basis. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. North Slave is our regional offices in Yellowknife that are outside of headquarters. Trout Lake are the four Trout Lake communities where we have GSOs. Thank you, Mr. Chair.