Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It seems like we're in a dominoes effect. We're just waiting for the word to go. Once the word goes and the domino effect takes place and we're getting ready for the Mackenzie gas pipeline. We're trying to get all our ducks lined up in order. The important part is getting the communities involved in the process. With the Mackenzie Valley development project, I am really glad that the Minister and the government is looking at a joint initiative with us and hopefully with the communities and having everybody buy into the process, into how you can get all the communities down the Mackenzie Valley and in the Northwest Territories involved in this process. I don't mind the government going out and attending some of the conferences, seminars and workshops with regard to the Mackenzie gas project, but I would like to see it being brought to my attention by the Sahtu people and see them invited along to the conferences to speak. Who has the authority in terms of speaking on behalf of people in the Sahtu? There are land claims obligations that are needing to be fulfilled and land claims obligations that need to be respected and it's something the people fought strongly for, that they have say in the development of their lands and resources and the economic benefits that go along with that development. So my question is what type of initiatives is he going to involve in terms of having some of the people in the regions and communities, organizations, in having working relationships with the Government of the Northwest Territories and the communities in the Sahtu to show industry that we are together on this? The GNWT has questioned the communities. They are speaking the same language in terms of the Mackenzie gas project.
Norman Yakeleya on Committee Motion 3-15(3): To Delete $120,000 From The Financial Management Board Secretariat Budgeting And Evaluation Re Foregone Interest, Defeated
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Committee Motion 3-15(3): To Delete $120,000 From The Financial Management Board Secretariat Budgeting And Evaluation Re Foregone Interest, Defeated
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