Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Baker Lake is one of the communities in the region who have taken on a lot of transfers and that is exactly what we are doing. What has also happened and this was probably initiated by the Member, is that we were going to do housing transfers to the hamlet. As I heard, they do not want to deal with the regional office now. Are we saying that we do not need regional offices in the future, the way Baker Lake is approaching the Keewatin pilot project? We will need a decentralized model and we will have to share resources, so those are types of options. We will have to talk with Baker Lake and my staff will be going there to talk about these options. I have been talking to members in Baker Lake who are not involved in the political arena. They want to be part of the region. They want to share resources with the region. We have to start listening to people on the street, in Baker Laker, before we make decisions to isolate the community. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Manitok Thompson on Question 442-13(5): Block Funding For Baker Lake
In the Legislative Assembly on February 25th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 442-13(5): Block Funding For Baker Lake
Question 442-13(5): Block Funding For Baker Lake
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 24th, 1998
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Manitok Thompson Aivilik
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