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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Supplementary, Mr. Gargan.

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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Does the government take an active role in the interpretation of those treaties or does it leave that interpretation up to the aboriginal groups and the federal government to work out?

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Acting Premier, Mr. Pollard.

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John Pollard Hay River

Madam Speaker, the Government of the Northwest Territories is not a participant in those treaties. Those treaties are between aboriginal people and the Crown. We respect the interpretations of those treaties by the federal government. If there are any negotiations on those treaties, we respect the outcome of those negotiations between aboriginal people and the federal government. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Gargan.

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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, there are occasions when the Government of the Northwest Territories requires an interpretation of a treaty to determine the application of a program. For some issues, there is an interpretation that both parties to the treaties agree with. However, for other unresolved issues, the federal government takes a very different interpretation than the aboriginal groups. In those cases, does the Government of the Northwest Territories adopt the federal interpretation or the aboriginal interpretation?

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Acting Premier, Mr. Pollard.

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John Pollard Hay River

Madam Speaker, the question is broad. I would say that recently where there have been some disagreements on the interpretation of treaties, in some instances we have taken the federal government's interpretation of those treaties, Madam Speaker. Thank you.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. Final supplementary, Mr. Gargan.

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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho

Madam Speaker, a final supplementary again to the acting Premier. Would the acting Premier agree that, in taking one side's interpretation over the other, the government is, essentially, lending its support and becoming an active participant in the treaty issue?

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Acting Premier, Mr. Pollard.

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John Pollard Hay River

Madam Speaker, as I said, the treaties cover a broad number of issues and our position might change depending on the issue at hand. For the purposes of some the acts we have, until such time as there has been a resolution of the problem between the aboriginal people and the Crown, or until the issue has been resolved in court, we have taken the lead from the federal government. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Kitikmeot, Mr. Ng.

Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot

Thank you, Madam Speaker. My question is for the Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation, and it has to do with my Member's statement regarding the housing association of Cambridge Bay adopting an illegal activities policy. I would like to ask the Minister if he is aware of the adoption of that policy and, if he is, does he support their initiative? Thank you.

The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation, Mr. Morin.

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Don Morin Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would like to thank the Member for making me aware of the policy. Once I see the policy and read it, I will inform the Member whether I support it or not. Thank you.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Ng.

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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister, since the housing authority has cited the Residential Tenancy Act for their authority to evict tenants for illegal activities and that Tenancy Act is one which the Housing Corporation deals with on an ongoing basis, whether or not his Housing Corporation personnel has considered this type of policy in the past? Thank you.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation, Mr. Morin.

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Don Morin Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I don't know whether the Housing Corporation considered this type of policy in the past or not. Thank you.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Supplementary, Mr. Ng.

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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I think the intent of the policy is to deter potential bootleggers and drug traffickers from operating in our communities. I would like to ask the Minister, if his department deems that it is a legal policy that would be binding, would he ask his Housing Corporation staff to develop such a policy and to work with housing associations in the regions to implement this type of policy? Thank you.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation, Mr. Morin.

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Don Morin Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Madam Speaker. We always work with the housing associations in the communities and if this is what the Cambridge Bay Housing Association wants to do, I will try my best to support that. I will get legal interpretation and advice from the legal division about whether or not we can do this territorial-wide. It sounds like a good idea. We don't agree with bootlegging and drug trafficking happening out of our public units and if there is a way of stopping it, I would happy to work with the communities to do that. Thank you.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Iqaluit, Mr. Patterson.