Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development has been in discussions with the Gwich'in Tribal Council for a number of months now and we've been into discussion of looking at some sort of an agreement that turned out to be a memorandum of understanding. We started the discussion in August 2002 and we view it as a government-to-government type of arrangement with the Gwich'in Tribal Council and GNWT. As you know, there are provisions within the land claims agreement that alludes to some sort of an arrangement between our government and the Gwich'in Tribal Council. As a result of negotiations, we are able to come up with this arrangement. So it's actually between the Gwich'in Tribal Council and the Government of the Northwest Territories through RWED that the actual negotiations have been going on. These are the two parties that were involved in the negotiations. However, the contents of the MOU has been shared with other deputies in the government to see how we can comply to make sure that it's acceptable to all the different parties within our government. So actually RWED took the lead, however members of the other different departments were also involved in approving it and vetting it and analyzing it. So it's a coordinated effort. Thank you.
Jim Antoine on Question 9-14(6): Gwich'in Memorandum Of Understanding On Government Contracting
In the Legislative Assembly on February 12th, 2003. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 9-14(6): Gwich'in Memorandum Of Understanding On Government Contracting
Question 9-14(6): Gwich'in Memorandum Of Understanding On Government Contracting
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 11th, 2003
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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