Mr. Speaker, yes, the Government of the Northwest Territories, when we did make the change to the policy last September, one of the questions was that if we do believe in the inherent right of the aboriginal people to govern themselves, we cannot really put any conditions on how they should develop this whole self-government policy. Yes, we have changed the policy to reflect that there may be some aboriginal nations up here that may prefer a parallel system. It is there in the policy as we developed it. Again, I think we have developed a new and flexible approach to implementing self-government here, Mr. Speaker. There are key features in there to this approach that we think that as we develop them, I think they will be quite acceptable to the first nations that we are dealing with. Thank you.
Jim Antoine on Question 66-13(7): Agenda For The New North
In the Legislative Assembly on April 13th, 1999. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 66-13(7): Agenda For The New North
Question 66-13(7): Agenda For The New North
Item 6: Oral Questions
April 12th, 1999
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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