Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Member is correct that decentralization is critical and an important issue to the people of Nunavut, to the Members of the Nunavut Caucus and for specific MLA's especially. For example, in my constituency, Cape Dorset is slated to be one of the recipients of some regional offices. It is still an important issue, as Mr. Todd indicated earlier. The government is very committed to decentralization going ahead. I think I can clearly say that we will be pushing all parties to make decentralization happen. What we have done is identify how much it would cost to decentralize, and I believe the numbers are around $18 million. I certainly see this as a step towards decentralization. That is, we have taken a further step by identifying how much it will cost.
Goo Arlooktoo on Question 631-13(4): Decentralized Nunavut Government
In the Legislative Assembly on October 8th, 1997. See this statement in context.
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Question 631-13(4): Decentralized Nunavut Government
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 7th, 1997
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Goo Arlooktoo Baffin South
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