You are saying that you don't think it's going to have an effect but, right now, the Gwich'in agreement has been in place for almost five years, yet a lot of that legislation in the Wildlife Act hasn't even been implemented in this House or an attempt made. Right now, the Department of Renewable Resources is backing down from trying to put resources and people in to try and get the legislation drafted to put into the House. So where is your priority going to be? You said you are going to complement the claims, but I don't see it; I see it as possibly slowing down the process which is, right now, at a snail's pace to try and get anything done. Plus, now you have two agreements which haven't been converted. The Inuvialuit just got their act amended. The Gwich'in agreement has not been enacted with regard to the Wildlife Act. The Sahtu agreement hasn't been put in there. Now the North Slave agreement is on its way. So we are talking about a lot of legislation changing those acts to complement those other agreements. Because of the change of focus here, that's where my concern is. The focus might be strictly, let's establish an NWT Act for the West and a Nunavut Act for the East, but there are also other acts that have to be considered. Under section 35, which a lot of these agreements fall under, which is federal legislation, that legislation has to be transferred to be implemented into this. So that's where I am sort of confused on this one.
David Krutko on Bill 15: Statute Revision Act
In the Legislative Assembly on May 29th, 1996. See this statement in context.
Bill 15: Statute Revision Act
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
May 29th, 1996
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