7.2 Pursuant to section 6.3 and section 6.4, and for the effective implementation of section 7.1, the chief negotiators may agree to merge lists of agreed negotiating subjects into groups of related subjects and negotiate the subjects by groups. Funding of the Negotiations 8.1 Subject to the terms of the funding agreements, Canada undertakes to fund the Innu Nation their cost of negotiations, including their participation in the process to be established under section 3, subject to funding levels being approved by Parliament for this purpose. Funding levels to reflect the level of activity determined by the parties will be established by agreement between the Innu Nation and Canada each year. The size and composition of each party's negotiation team will be determined by its chief negotiator and the size will be reasonable. 9.2 Individuals who are not members of negotiation teams shall attend negotiation sessions only with the approval of the host chief negotiator.
Any chief negotiator can request a short recess in a negotiation session at anytime.
The provisions of this section will not apply to the media and the parties agree that communications with the media will be governed by section 11. The parties will, from time to time, make an effort to issue joint statements to the media on the progress of negotiations. The parties may separately from time to time outline general positions to the media on negotiation issues. At these times, details of positions and documents exchanged or developed by the other parties during negotiations will be treated as confidential. Overlapping Issues 12.1 The Innu Nation will take initial steps to resolve overlapping issues related to the subject list in section 4.1, if any, with other Aboriginal groups or organizations whose comprehensive claims have been accepted for negotiations.