Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To be very frank with my honourable colleague, I do not have the direct answer to that question. However, it is part of and will be part of the discussions that will get under way in March in relationship to the bi-partisan committee that I talked about in response yesterday with respect to the fiscal frameworks for the two new territories. So, I think it is a legitimate question to be asked and it will be on the top of the agenda when we move with the officials committee some time in March to discuss the process, procedures, et cetera, with respect to formula financing and of course it will have to be discussed as it will be, what I call a pre-implementation expenditure, and I think I would say, unless I am told otherwise, that if it is a pre-implementation expenditure and it is new infrastructure that is funded by the federal government, my inclination would be that they would have to pay their own end. But again, those discussion will get under way in March and we are going to keep everybody up to date on these discussion as we move forward with them. Thank you.
John Todd on Question 184-13(4): Nunavut Infrastructure Operational Costs
In the Legislative Assembly on January 30th, 1997. See this statement in context.
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Question 184-13(4): Nunavut Infrastructure Operational Costs
Item 6: Oral Questions
January 29th, 1997
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John Todd Keewatin Central
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