I have a mandate, as does Cabinet and the Premier, to govern until March 31st. I do, until 1999. I have a responsibility to the territories as a whole, and I am going to continue to govern as if the territories was one. I am negotiating right now with the Interim Commissioner on Protocol Agreement, on exactly what Mr. Krutko talks about and also a protocol agreement on the employment of employees. I am mandated to continue to run government. I am not prepared, I may as well say it now, I am not prepared to sit and do nothing until April 1st, 1999. I fundamentally believe this is a creation of two new territories. If we are going to do nothing over there, then we should do nothing over here. It is two different territories, not one.
John Todd on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on October 23rd, 1997. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 23rd, 1997
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John Todd Keewatin Central
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