Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the negotiations are to get agreement among the three territories and the federal government on the parameters that the money would be spent in the different areas, so that they provide enough comfort to the three jurisdictions, enough flexibility to the three territories and enough accountability to the federal government that there's an agreement, and that is often a difficult process. We're looking for as much flexibility as we can, as I indicated to the members of Social Programs when I met with them with their proposed areas and projects that we'd like to allocate some of the money on. We're going to have to make sure we have the latitude to do that and if we just accept, I suppose, what the federal government chose to tell us how they wanted the money spent, it might move faster. But we've learned, through hard experience, that we have to be very diligent in putting forward our own case so that we do have the flexibility. We don't want to be obstructionists, but that's what we're trying to do. Thank you.
Michael Miltenberger on Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 17th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 16th, 2005
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