Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am a very optimistic person and I think that with the amount of work that has been put into this whole constitutional effort, over all these years, we are finally coming to something that is actually written down and we are working from it, I would like to say that we are prepared to move ahead with it. Like I said earlier, the timeframe is very tight and it is going to get tighter and, perhaps by 1999, if everything works out okay, I think we may have a package by that time. However, it is still subject to a lot of unknowns, such as the amount of work we still have to do, the different parties that we have to all have on board in the north, along with the federal election that is pending sometime this spring or throughout the summer into the fall, and the time that it requires for a new government to get on stream. All these different factors are put into place, and like I said the window of opportunity is closing very quickly. Optimistically, I think that we still have a good opportunity here to develop the constitution that will reflect all the different people in the north. We are putting together a very important document that will eventually outline the way we all live together here in the north and into the future. Thank you.
Jim Antoine on Question 223-13(4): Timeframe For A Western Constitution
In the Legislative Assembly on February 4th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 223-13(4): Timeframe For A Western Constitution
Question 223-13(4): Timeframe For A Western Constitution
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 3rd, 1997
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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