It is too bad we do not have the document to debate, Mr. Lewis, because your view of aboriginal self-government is very different than the Gwich'in Final Agreement. The Gwich'in Final Agreement, Mr. Speaker, and if I could remind the honourable Member, that this government is to fit in with the process between the Gwich'in and the federal government. I want to ask the Minister responsible for Aboriginal Rights and Constitutional Development, how he can justify or at least see the implementation of the Gwich'in Final Agreement and the self-government agreement, based on a legal agreement between the federal government and the Gwich'in, who see this government simply as a participant on the part of the federal government rather than an independent body.
Richard Nerysoo on Question 113-12(3): Implementation Of Gwich'in Final Agreement
In the Legislative Assembly on November 26th, 1992. See this statement in context.
Question 113-12(3): Implementation Of Gwich'in Final Agreement
Item 5: Oral Questions
November 25th, 1992
Page 150
Richard Nerysoo Mackenzie Delta
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