Mr. Speaker, I want to assure the honourable Member that there is no intention or direction from this government to treat a community that is governed by a chief and band council less favourably than other communities. In the matter of the three smaller communities you are speaking of, these are new communities and when they were formed they were more traditional communities. I believe initially they did not get into the requests for community infrastructure because they were more interested in living off the land and being away from the big problems of infrastructure. Therefore, the requests were not put forward to change how they were living in a very small community. If their desires are changing, I do not believe that this government intends to or should be penalizing anyone. They should be put into the planning process like any other community. Thank you.
Nellie Cournoyea on Question O64-12(1): Services Provided To Communities Governed By Chiefs And Band Councils
In the Legislative Assembly on December 11th, 1991. See this statement in context.
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Question O64-12(1): Services Provided To Communities Governed By Chiefs And Band Councils
Item 5: Oral Questions
December 10th, 1991
Page 63
Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput
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