As long as the government is paying for it, I guess there is no problem. Anyway, recognizing that in the next decade there will be an unprecedented change in the political and constitutional status in northern municipalities, including the new relationship with Eastern Arctic communities which will be forged under a Nunavut government and possibly the emergence of some sort of district governments in the new western territory, why is the corporation sitting now with a 10-year franchise framework for power delivery which could encumber and obstruct the emergence of the new political structures at the community level?
John Todd on Question O570-12(2): NWT Power Corporation Franchise Agreements
In the Legislative Assembly on June 18th, 1992. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question O570-12(2): Nwt Power Corporation Franchise Agreements
Question O570-12(2): NWT Power Corporation Franchise Agreements
Item 5: Oral Questions
June 17th, 1992
Page 662
John Todd Keewatin Central
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