Mr. Chairman, just for the record I would like to tell the Members that the Deh Cho regional council have, on a number of occasions, tried to address this whole issue of health and the health boards. One of the reasons they have not pushed on it is that at one time the region was going to go into a western Arctic health care commission type of structure. It was going to be based on Indian health. That did not happen so we have not pushed strongly in that area. We also did not push for education, for example, but the government got around it by consulting the local education boards and they were able to get the support through that. As far as Indian government goes, the band council never did support that concept. I thought, for the record, that I would let it be known because even though the report suggested some creation of boards, we would like it to be understood that we still have not said we are going to support a structure like that under this government regime. We are still looking at whether there is another way of doing it. The other way being maybe the federal program or the inherent right to self-government, that sort of a concept. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Samuel Gargan on Committee Motion 99-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 10
In the Legislative Assembly on March 15th, 1993. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 99-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 10
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 14th, 1993
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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho
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