Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the Nunavut Social Development Council is established under the Land Claim Agreement, and there is a recognition on major policy issues that impact Nunavut that they should be consulted. Their role, in itself, is not as clearly defined in that act as it should be and how you consult with them, how you go about doing that and what mechanism they have to feedback into existing government bureaucracies on proposed legislation. It is fair to say they are an organization that, although they have been in existence, might not have been probably as active as they possibly could have been. Since I have been an MLA they used to come to meet with members of the Nunavut Caucus on an annual basis at least for the first couple of years. After that, it seemed as if it was not as active or those meetings did not take place. The role of the Social Development Council and the new Nunavut government also has to be clarified because right now, how are they going to function? What is their role going to be when the Nunavut government takes office April 1st, as well? What I am trying to say, Mr. Chairman, is that there has been a lot of effort made in trying to get information over there and maybe it has not been as free flowing as it should have been. Thank you.
Kelvin Ng on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on June 1st, 1998. 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
May 31st, 1998
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
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