Mr. Speaker, we have made a lot of progress in the last year as a government and getting the federal government to understand the opportunities that exist in the North and the need for us to have some investment money. So with the work that the first Ministers, Premiers, were doing last week, I think that has helped a lot. We have continued to work with the federal government on those formula items I have referred to already. As well, we have been looking at the infrastructure money and how that might best be built into the formula. So, Mr. Speaker, it's a very complicated process. We intend to complete negotiations hopefully by the end of this calendar year or early into the following one, but we need to continue to work together to get the best deal possible. Thank you.
Joe Handley on Question 8-14(6): Formula Financing Negotiations
In the Legislative Assembly on February 12th, 2003. See this statement in context.
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Question 8-14(6): Formula Financing Negotiations
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 11th, 2003
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