Mr. Chairman, in Yellowknife, the city leaders have taken the initiative to conduct future focus meetings with specific target groups, the seniors, youth, people interested in mining development and business people. The idea being these individuals have the opportunity to provide input to the community leaders as to their feelings about the takeover of services, so the leadership becomes more educated. I have attended several of them and they used a facilitator to conduct these meetings. The leadership finds these extremely helpful because it gives them the feel of what people really want. The people of our community have future-focus types of meetings with the use of a facilitator being held in communities throughout the north. So, it is not the government staff just making presentations to community leaders, but the community itself has the opportunity to discuss this in some detail and with some understanding, so there is not a forced-feeding of information. In other words, it is coming from the community itself.
Jake Ootes on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 1st, 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 28th, 1997
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