Am I hearing right? A flash on CBC, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and world finance ministers are going to head to Iqaluit, Nunavut? The prime minister was there with his entourage not that long ago. Is he or are they promoting Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq, she doesn't need help! She is holding her own in parliament.

Nunavut is puzzling? You hear and read and see pictures of the bad side of life, turn the page and you see the advances. No two ways about it, they are a proud and business-minded people, the latest issue of Above & Beyond magazine has a beautiful picture accompanying an article by Mary Simon, of three beautiful women, Iqaluit Mayor, Eliespee Sheutiapik, Aglukkaq and Nunavut Premier Eva Aariak, all you can say is wow! And beautiful Mary Simon doesn't need an introduction.

And I'll bet you if Ottawa comes calling in the NWT again they will go visit the Beaufort region, the land of Inuvialuit, my friends who are busy also in business in a very big way! They took Northern transportation from under our Dene noses, are operating business all throughout the NWT! In Norman Wells, for instance, we have Northern Metallic owned by the Inuvialuit, they partner internationally, etc.

The big difference between Dene and Inuit, the Inuit leaders conduct themselves like true leaders, their people put them in leadership positions to make decisions and they do just that. Their counterparts, the Dene, whose leaders forever pass the buck, their excuse, I must take it to my people, they don't, and in the meantime, business opportunities fly by - and the Dene can't direct or control their MLAs, do you hear about six members of Nunavut legislative assembly heading to Copenhagen?

In the meantime, the average person is worried that the NWT is creating too many parks. For instance, a southern environmental group wants the present Nahanni Reserve seven times larger than today? One sixth of Deh Cho could be turned into a park! And they have their beady eyes on our Sahtu's upper watershed. It's a launching area for adventurous and rich people like the Trudeaus who went canoeing there. That Sahtu area is touching the Yukon, there are mines operating at the Yukon border.

The Deh Cho and Sahtu must think about the future generation, the goal of Parks Canada is to limit human impact on the ecosystem and to preserve the wilderness in an untouched state. Take an example from the Inuvialuit and the Tuktut Park - they wanted to shift the boundary some kilometres for mineral exploration, they couldn't, parks are set in stone!

So all you aboriginals who are selecting your representations to decide young future with federal parks officials make sure they can at least read or write! This is very serious, your young generation are not going to live off of the land, they will need jobs in a workforce, and mining and exploration will be number one in the North's development.

Aboriginals shouldn't let just anyone on boards to decide your life, by competing against environmentalists and federal gurus, who have degrees coming out of their ears. We must compete on equal basis, education wise!

The song aboriginals use, listen to our elders, they really don't! And besides today is a very different world, wake up and face realities.