Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, Minister, for your presentation.
We've already heard that the Yukon Territory has enjoyed the benefits of devolution for almost 10 years now. You've been in our territory and indeed across the north. It was my pleasure to have you as a guest there this summer and then travel with you right across the Arctic. We both heard from folks—stakeholders, groups, organizations—as we travelled throughout the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Could you highlight a few of the benefits of the devolution agreement and then perhaps take the opportunity to respond to some of the things Mr. Bevington said about applying the positive benefits of the Yukon experience and devolution to the benefits the Northwest Territories will enjoy when this agreement is eventually signed?