Thank you, Madam Chair. If the Member is satisfied with a round figure, I would suggest to him it would be about less than $150,000 a year we have allocated specifically for traditional knowledge within the department including the O and M, the PY assigned and the consultant. Again, the work the consultant is doing will tell us some things, one being whether or not the way we are allocating resources within the department and the way we are trying to deal with the value of traditional knowledge is done in a way reflecting the respect and the attention traditional knowledge should receive from this government. If we are not organized in a way reflecting the significance and the importance we say we attach to traditional knowledge, then I want to know. If there are ways we can enhance our operation as a department, if there are some ways I, as a Minister and future Ministers, can enhance our performance and our responsibilities through the recognition and the way we relate to traditional knowledge, then I want to receive that advice.
Stephen Kakfwi on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 26th, 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 25th, 1997
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