Mr. Chairman. Maybe I can get a little personal here to see if I can get the depth and implication of this. In my family I have five children, two of them are aboriginal and three are non-aboriginal. All were born in the Northwest Territories. When two of my children, my aboriginal children, if they decide to go on to school, they can get the cost of travel, the basic grant and they can also get a supplementary grant. Three of my non-aboriginal children can just get a basic grant, just for cost of travel and tuition. Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask where the fairness is in that?
Seamus Henry on Committee Motion 25-13(4): Recommendation To Retain Baffin And Keewatin Regional Librarians In The 1997-98 Budget
In the Legislative Assembly on February 25th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 25-13(4): Recommendation To Retain Baffin And Keewatin Regional Librarians In The 1997-98 Budget
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 24th, 1997
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
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