Under the NWT Act, sections 22 and 23 refer to that in which you could let go the issue itself for whatever circumstance or else you also could refer it to the department that might be able to handle the situation. I don't know where you draw the line with regard to your jurisdiction. Another thing that you did say is that, under the languages, too...The letter you wrote to me back in March of 1992, states that the native people just asked if the Federation of Franco-Tenoise are responsible for their own languages, just as the Dene Cultural Institute and the Inuit Cultural Institute has this mandate. Where do you draw the line, then, with regard to those interest groups that have the responsibility of their own languages and your responsibility?
Samuel Gargan on Tabled Document 11-12(5): First Annual Report Of The Languages Commissioner Of The NWT For The Year 1992-93
In the Legislative Assembly on February 16th, 1994. See this statement in context.
Tabled Document 11-12(5): First Annual Report Of The Languages Commissioner Of The NWT For The Year 1992-93
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 15th, 1994
Page 171
Samuel Gargan Deh Cho
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