Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, that is exactly the point that the honourable Member is making, where the First Nations and Metis are trying to get that sorted out. That situation has been there for a long time. That grey area, where it is not too clear exactly who is responsible for this public funding in the community. I know what the Member is getting at. The criteria, or policy, of funding bands in the small communities where there is no other municipal communities to provide services, that is a policy that is set by the Cabinet, and the criteria that is set through the small communities assistance program. I think it is under the MACA Department that has this arrangement, this SOAP program with the small communities, where they make a contract with the bands. There are provisions in there that the funding has to be for the whole of the communities. So the band is providing this service on behalf of the whole community. To have a specific condition for non-band members to have a vote or to have a say in how this funding is spent, if you are making that suggestion, then I think that we should take a look at that.
Jim Antoine on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 10th, 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
February 9th, 1997
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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