Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Gwich'in Tribal Council has been raising the issue for a number of years since their claims have been signed saying that as this government, we are not complying with conditions in their claims. In an attempt by this government to try to accommodate this issue, we entertained the whole area of negotiating with them. Yes, it is a government-to-government initiative. We didn't know if the parties were going to accept this arrangement until the MOU was signed. Therefore, there was some confidentiality involved. There are provisions in there if you look at the agreement that stipulates there is an arrangement on how we, as a government, would work with the Gwich'in Tribal Council and looking at the different contracts that come out in the Gwich'in area. I just confirmed with the president of the Gwich'in Tribal Council over the last couple of days that they accept this type of MOU, that they will work with our government to see how they can get involved more into contracting in the Gwich'in Tribal Council area. 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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