Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think it's important to point out that this $117 million or $118 million is for additional transition costs to set up the Nunavut government. They're not costs that relate to the present government. However, that is a reasonable and fair question that my colleague asked. At this stage of the game, we only got these numbers last Monday or Tuesday, I believe. We need to take a hard look at them and break down where they're going. We need to spend some time with our partners in this -- NTI -- and we need to get a more detailed question to the federal government as to where this infrastructure money is going to go and what it relates to. It's not that I'm trying to avoid the question, I just think it's early in the discussion. I think the important thing to separate here is that the current capital budget of the territorial government is for the current operations of the territorial government, East or West. The dollars that the federal government has identified, no matter how inadequate some of us may view them, are for incremental costs associated with any additional government or infrastructure required when Nunavut moves in 1999. Thank you.
John Todd on Question 163-13(3): Impact Of Nunavut Funding On GNWT Budget
In the Legislative Assembly on May 6th, 1996. See this statement in context.
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Question 163-13(3): Impact Of Nunavut Funding On GNWT Budget
Item 6: Oral Questions
May 5th, 1996
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John Todd Keewatin Central
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