Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I should clarify for my colleague that the one thing I was remiss in not mentioning is, we have currently recruited a facilitator in an effort to bring all the parties together to reach an appropriate compromise. Should we, unfortunately, not come to the kind of compromise that we, as legislators, would want to occur, there are provisions within the Nunavut Act that was passed at Parliament that would provide the ability for the Minister of DIAND to make some decisions and to be the ultimate arbitrator on issues where we cannot come to an agreement on. I am optimistic that in my 32 years of experience in this country is, that at some point, we will all recognize there is a need for compromise on these fundamental difficulty issues that affects us all. The cost of power, the delivery of power is an essential service that we all recognize. Therefore, we have got to try to make a concerted effort to reach an arrangement that will satisfy all our constituents across the territories. As I said earlier, they have recruited a facilitator in a last effort to try to reach an arrangement that will satisfy all parties. Thank you.
John Todd on Question 571-13(5): Equitable Division Of Assets And Liabilities
In the Legislative Assembly on May 28th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 571-13(5): Equitable Division Of Assets And Liabilities
Question 571-13(5): Equitable Division Of Assets And Liabilities
Item 6: Oral Questions
May 27th, 1998
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