Mr. Chairman, the House knows we are in litigation with the federal government for some $79 million for funding for aboriginal health care payments to this government, and that was up until March 31, 1992. Since then, we have received no money at all from the federal government vis-a-vis health payments that they would have had to pay. In other words, we have received very, very little money from them. So the $55 million is the amount that I think we agree with them that they owe us, and they have at last, last Thursday, agreed with us that they do owe us some $50 million that they would have had to pay anyway. So it is a partial payment on the amount that we have expended for aboriginal health care for the last two years. I guess it is part of the payment that we have demanded from them, and it is the part that they are willing to pay at the present time. So it amounts to some $25 million for the last two fiscal years, and it is a partial payment of the health billings for aboriginal people in the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
John Pollard on Bill 14: An Act To Amend The Borrowing Authorization Act
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Bill 14: An Act To Amend The Borrowing Authorization Act
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