Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Ootes.
Debates of Oct. 24th, 1997
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Question 29-13(5): Documents Requested Under Rcmp Investigation
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to ask a question about the sensitive issue of the recent report of the RCMP investigation under way within the Government of the Northwest Territories. I have been asked by my constituents to try and clear the air about a further matter. My question is to the Minister of Justice. Could the Minister of Justice tell us if he is aware of any contact or request by the RCMP for documents from this government?
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
The Minister of Justice.
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker I am aware there have been some documents requested and reviewed by some members of the RCMP.
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Ootes.
Supplementary To Question 29-13(5): Documents Requested Under Rcmp Investigation
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Could the Minister tell us if the RCMP have taken into their custody documents from this government?
Supplementary To Question 29-13(5): Documents Requested Under Rcmp Investigation
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Ng.
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. No. I am not aware of that.
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Ootes.
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Would the Minister tell us if he is aware of the particular documents that have been taken into custody?
Supplementary To Question 29-13(5): Documents Requested Under Rcmp Investigation
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Ng.
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Mr. Speaker. I said I was not aware if there were any documents taken into custody. No. I am not aware of what documents they had reviewed. Thank you.
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Henry.
Question 30-13(5): Mining Sector Interests In Protected Areas
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question today is to Mr. Kakfwi, the Minister responsible for Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. The Minister presented a paper in the House today on the NWT Protected Area Strategy and update. I noted the Minister talked about job creation as the number one priority. I think that is the most important thing we have on our agenda for the next two years. I believe business can help create those jobs. I did not see any reference in the documents to the mining sector, which I suggest has a great potential to create the jobs the Minister has talked about. I would ask the Minister my first question. What consultations have taken place with the mining industry with regard to this protected area strategy? I see everyone else referred to, but do not note if anyone has had any consultations with the mining sector. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Minister responsible for Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Kakfwi.
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. One of the messages we received through the conference on Protected Area Strategy last March, acknowledged by industry. It was that the principal parties involved would be the federal government, the territorial government and the aboriginal organizations since much of the land and the resources that are on the table here are with these three principal parties. Industry will be invited and encouraged to participal but the principle format that will be developed will be between those parties. It is with that in mind that we are beginning in the first instance to initiate some primary dialogue with the aboriginal groups. Of course, the stake and the interest that is, for instance, mining companies have on ensuring access to the land and resources is also fundamental, but we do need to set some primary rules on how we are going to develop the format that would allow for all stakeholders to eventually have their interests and concerns provided for in this strategy. That is the initial part of the work that we see unfolding. Thank you.
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Henry.
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question to the Minister is, will the claims by industry where they have spent financial resources to assay what may be there in the way of minerals be protected and those individuals or companies still have rights to the areas that they have staked? Thank you.
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Kakfwi. It is a technical question.
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Mr. Speaker, I think it is a bit difficult to answer that question, but Members can look on the behaviour of the federal government where they were asked to
reconcile the interest of aboriginal groups in the negotiating forum with existing third party interests . In every instance that I know of where claims have been negotiated and where third party interest existed, the federal government has taken great pains and gone to great lengths to ensure that existing third party interests were provided for. Thank you.
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Henry.
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think the Minister was very clear on the position of the federal government. I assume that is the position of the Government of the Northwest Territories also. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Supplementary To Question 30-13(5): Mining Sector Interests In Protected Areas
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Kakfwi.
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Mr. Speaker, it has been our view that the principal role that we play in many of these cases is to ensure that as much as possible the primary interest of the aboriginal groups should be advanced as much as possible. The interest of industry and the interest of environmental groups, for instance, are legitimate interests, but the fundamental rights and the fundamental interest of the people, in this case the aboriginal people, has always been the foremost interest of this government in making sure that they are provided for as much as possible. It is not an either or position, but we have always taken the position in the negotiations to support as much as possible the position of the aboriginal groups without causing the interests of for instance third party interest to be compromised. Thank you.
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Picco.