Mr. Speaker. The $8 million or $9 million surplus is a projected surplus based on us getting the kind of savings that we want, and the expenditures that we projected. Whether we expend a million dollars here or a million dollars there, it is only relevant in the large picture with respect to the overall fiscal position of this government. The request from aboriginal affairs is to meet the new increasing responsibilities and the discussions that are under way with respect to the self-government arrangements that are being made in the western Arctic, and we are responding to that new momentum and then initiative. Thank you.
John Todd on Question 173-13(4): Funding For The Western Constitutional Process
In the Legislative Assembly on January 30th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 173-13(4): Funding For The Western Constitutional Process
Question 173-13(4): Funding For The Western Constitutional Process
Item 6: Oral Questions
January 29th, 1997
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John Todd Keewatin Central
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