Certainly there are land claim organizations doing pieces of work in this area, but we have a responsibility as the overall public government to establish a system Northwest Territories-wide, and other organizations are able to feed into the system and contribute and make use of it. But we think that we need one system that will collect this information and collect this data. It can be used by our aboriginal government partners, but we have a mandate to do this work and it's certainly important that we do it. We simply can't assume or wait for others, even the federal government to step into this area where we have a mandate. It's our feeling that if we don't do it, it won't happen and we don't think that that is appropriate or acceptable, especially given the pace of development.
Brendan Bell on Committee Motion 3-15(3): To Delete $120,000 From The Financial Management Board Secretariat Budgeting And Evaluation Re Foregone Interest, Defeated
In the Legislative Assembly on March 22nd, 2004. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 3-15(3): To Delete $120,000 From The Financial Management Board Secretariat Budgeting And Evaluation Re Foregone Interest, Defeated
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 22nd, 2004
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