Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chairman, this is a government-wide issue. The Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act is now the regime that manages lands and waters in the Northwest Territories. Yes, it did derive from commitments made during the Gwich'in and Sahtu claims and it went through. As for the ministry having a specific legal opinion on it, we do not have a specific legal opinion on it. I am sure there is a lot of work done by the government as a whole during the development of the act. So there is probably a lot of work done to try to determine what this act will do and how it is going to impact on the citizens in the North and the different claimants groups that are affected by that. So, no, we do not have a specific legal opinion in the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs. Thank you.
Jim Antoine on Incremental Costs Of Self-government
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Incremental Costs Of Self-government
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 1st, 2001
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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