Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wasn't going to ask any questions today, but then somebody reminded me about the courthouse, so I have to just jump on that bandwagon here for a minute. Mr. Speaker, when we perform our duties as a government and as a Legislature we take some great pride in saying that we consult with aboriginal governments, thus things like the Circle of Northern Leaders. When we talk about our capital planning process we also take some great pride in the consultation that takes place around that; protection of people, protection of assets, all those good things. Mr. Speaker, my question today to the government side is how much consultation is the government going to do prior to proceeding with spending about an entire year's worth of capital on one project, given the devolution and self-government negotiations which are ongoing? Because it's kind of undoable once it's done. It's kind of like the North Slave Correctional Centre; once it's there in order to be utilized it's going to attract a certain amount of jobs and programs and so on. I'd like to know what the government's position is on that in terms of other governments in the Northwest Territories, in terms of consultation. Thank you.
Jane Groenewegen on Question 569-15(3): Future Of Territorial Court System
In the Legislative Assembly on March 8th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Question 569-15(3): Future Of Territorial Court System
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 7th, 2005
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