Thank you, Madam Chair. I believe it would be safe to say that the Government of the Northwest Territories has taken on the majority of the costs and the majority of the work. The simple reason is that we have and can look into the costs of running government in the Northwest Territories, because those costs are here and reflected in our budgets. It would be safe to say that we carry the brunt of the those costs. And also we are in the process now in Mr. Todd's office of documenting, and producing a document - what we have spent on divisional issues on east and west, so that we can present that to the federal government. We have raised that with DIAND many times and we are now starting to put our case together to present it to the federal government on what the incremental and transitional costs will be. We are presently doing that work now and hopefully when we go up to Cambridge, I believe it is, for the Nunavut Summit, people are going to be ready to talk about costs. We hope to hear soon from the federal government on their true commitment on Nunavut. Thank you.
Hon. Don Morin on Committee Motion 8-13(4): Reconsider Elimination Of Funding For Metis Nation Community Resource Director
In the Legislative Assembly on February 4th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 8-13(4): Reconsider Elimination Of Funding For Metis Nation Community Resource Director
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 3rd, 1997
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Don Morin
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