Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions this afternoon are for the Premier, the Honourable Joe Handley. They centre on the devolution framework and negotiations that I guess are underway. This is where I am seeking some clarification. March 18th of this year, the Premier, in his capacity of Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, and the Minister of Indian Affairs, and a number of other aboriginal leaders signed the NWT Lands and Resources Devolution Framework Agreement. In that agreement, it sets out a timeline that suggests that an effective target date for this agreement shall be April of 2006. That is only about a-year-and-a-half from now, Mr. Speaker, but today and last week, the Minister told us that they are looking at an interim resource revenue sharing process because -- and I am quoting from Hansard of last Wednesday, Mr. Speaker -- "because I am not 100 percent confident that we are moving fast enough on devolution." The question that I would like to ask, Mr. Speaker, is which deal are we negotiating, the one that was signed just seven months ago, or now some new process that we still seem to be feeling around for conceptual agreement? Which deal is the one that is on the table? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Bill Braden on Question 280-15(3): Status Of Devolution Agreement
In the Legislative Assembly on October 21st, 2004. See this statement in context.
Question 280-15(3): Status Of Devolution Agreement
Item 7: Oral Questions
October 20th, 2004
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