Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate what the Minister is saying; however, I am reluctant to support this. I am still speaking for the communities in terms of less money to be used in the communities. Surely this government can look at other resources within headquarters and the regions to coordinate stuff like this and pull together other resources to look at the impacts of resource development that could be happening down the Mackenzie Valley. It's the communities that really need the dollars to do their own research, and that can somehow flow up to the region. I understand $95,000 is going to be spent on wages and the rest of the dollars are going to be used for some other things. I think these dollars could be distributed to the communities to help them gather the information and formulate some report with regard to the impacts of the resource development. It will help this government through the business planning cycle to have somebody here. I am going to make the assumption, Mr. Minister, that this position is going to be in Yellowknife and we will have some consultant from outside Yellowknife do this work. I feel really strongly that the communities are asking for help and we are not giving them help, even a simple thing as helping with resource development impacts that we desperately need. Mr. Chairman, I am not sure if that's a comment or if the Minister wants to respond. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Norman Yakeleya on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Others Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on June 1st, 2004. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Others Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Others Matters
June 1st, 2004
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