Thank you, Madam Chairperson. In regards to the way the regional government in the Beaufort region is going to look like, I think it is up to the people to make that final decision. I think, my personal view is that aboriginal self-government is based on an aboriginal inherent right in which the aboriginal people have the right to run programs and services on behalf of the people whom they represent. This thing about a public government structure, at the end of the day, it may fly or it may not. I think that the choice has to be in light of the people who basically are going to benefit in the long run, which are the aboriginal people where this right originally came from. I think if they want to deliver programs and services on behalf of their own membership, there has to be a clear understanding that the pot of money that they are talking about may be over and above what the existing structure may maintain or hold today. So with that, Madam Chairperson, I would like to move a motion.
David Krutko on Committee Motion 21-13(5): To Establish Guidelines And Standards For The Operation Of All NWT Health Boards
In the Legislative Assembly on February 24th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 21-13(5): To Establish Guidelines And Standards For The Operation Of All NWT Health Boards
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 24th, 1998
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