I appreciate the Minister's comments and I want to thank her for them. I would like to refer to a community such as Yellowknife, which is a little different than a community that in the Baffin or in the outlying areas of other parties of the Territories. The city of Yellowknife would also be interested in community empowerment; however, I want to advise and make a comment on the fact that, yes, the city is interested, but they fully realize that this has to be funded to the degree that the service is being provided at now. That may be a little more difficult to identify and to transfer than it is in the smaller communities. I just want to make sure that it is understood that the city and the larger communities are also interested in this, but they're not going to be as quick in wanting to take over these services because, in order to do so, there are complications with them taking them over, probably mostly centred around financial reasons. So if we're going to have community empowerment, we can't just do it in one location. We have to make sure that we also look at centres like Yellowknife and do so with some fairness. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Jake Ootes on Committee Report 2-13(3): Standing Committee On Infrastructure Report On The Review Of The 1996-97 Main Estimates
In the Legislative Assembly on May 22nd, 1996. See this statement in context.
Committee Report 2-13(3): Standing Committee On Infrastructure Report On The Review Of The 1996-97 Main Estimates
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
May 22nd, 1996
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