We have been negotiating this for as long as we have been a government, as long as we have had a Legislature here, as long as we became a responsible government and no longer populated by appointees from the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. Every Member of this Legislature who ever ran and got elected has had on their agenda devolution as their major task.
Sandy Lee on Motion 19-15(3): Benefits Of Our Northern Resources, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on October 21st, 2004. See this statement in context.
Motion 19-15(3): Benefits Of Our Northern Resources, Carried
Item 16: Motions
October 20th, 2004
Page 915
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