Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There are two issues and I tried to address that yesterday or the day before. One is the transitional incremental costs associated with Nunavut; that is the money that is required over and above the current gross expenditure base that we have within this government; and that is the $150 million or $117 million, depending on how you want to define it. We are currently working that through, as I said to my colleague earlier. What is of equal importance and one that we have almost addressed is the process in which we are going to determine an appropriate plan of action as it relates to determining two gross expenditure bases for the operations and maintenance costs of the new governments. So they work in harmony with each other. I am hoping that over this weekend, I will get some direction and support on some of these hard and difficult questions from the Minister and some support from our colleagues and a process in which to work these important, long-term financial needs out. Thank you.
John Todd on Question 170-13(3):gnwt Support For Nunavut Decentralized Government
In the Legislative Assembly on May 7th, 1996. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 170-13(3): GNWT Support For Nunavut Decentralized Government
Question 170-13(3):gnwt Support For Nunavut Decentralized Government
Item 6: Oral Questions
May 6th, 1996
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John Todd Keewatin Central
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