Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Our government is on record already as saying we are very pleased with the appointment of Jane Stewart as Minister of Indian Affairs. We find her very easy to work with, and so far all the meetings that we have had with her, and I have had several in Ottawa as well as up here, she has paid attention to the Northwest Territories. As far as my understanding, Jane Stewart as the Minister of Indian Affairs, comes from the same direction as this government does. She believes that people should be making their own decisions. She believes in a highly decentralized government. She believes that northerners are capable of making their own decisions, and we will work with her to make sure northerners do start making their own decisions on oil, gas and mineral development in the Northwest Territories. We are working to a common goal of putting northerners in charge of northerners. Hopefully, we can do that in a very short order.
Don Morin on Question 135-13(5): Diand Minister's Attention To The North
In the Legislative Assembly on January 28th, 1998. See this statement in context.
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Item 6: Oral Questions
January 27th, 1998
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