Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It's a very good question. I think that we looked at that possibility earlier on in RWED and we were working with my Cabinet colleagues here. According to the opinion from the Department of Justice and the legal drafters, the opinion was there to keep it in-house. I guess the argument there is that if we do it for one piece of legislation, then we do it for all the legislation and that would really become very complicated in the long run. Our work right now is that we are working with the Inuvialuit, the Gwich'in and the Sahtu. We fund them so that they have legal advice on their side, so that we're working together in a committee as the drafting goes on. That's the approach we have taken. Thank you.
Jim Antoine on Question 281-14(6): Status Of New Wildlife Act
In the Legislative Assembly on June 9th, 2003. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 281-14(6): Status Of New Wildlife Act
Question 281-14(6): Status Of New Wildlife Act
Item 6: Oral Questions
June 8th, 2003
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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