Thank you, Madam Chair. We have a responsibility to co-ordinate and encourage departments all across this government to recognize traditional knowledge and to find ways to make use of it and to have it reflected in the way they conduct themselves and the way they do business. We have just started some discussion about how that could be done. I think it is a legitimate inquiry to say how much does this government spend in all the different departments in dealing with traditional knowledge. Does the Department of Education, Culture and Employment spend money dealing with traditional knowledge? Do our wildlife people have research activities that deal with that? What about transportation? The fact is we do not know, at least I do not know. But I think if we have a policy and we want that policy reflected in all departments, then we need to develop some basis on which to advance it and to deal with senior managers on how we think they should try to relate to it in a way that could be measured. Does that mean we might be able to develop a mechanism that can count the number of dollars that we expend on a yearly basis department by department? I would not be able to answer that question. As I say, I think there needs to be some effort made to see if it could be done, since we should be able to answer Mr. Steen's question. Thank you.
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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