Thank you, Madam Speaker. I can understand the Premier's point that the resource revenue is going to go to the government that delivers the service. But if the service that they're delivering is not meeting the needs of these communities and these regions that are going to be operating under their own self-government, why is it an issue for this government to say well, yes, we're delivering the base issues of every service, we deliver that, but it just doesn't meet the community needs? That's what we've been told here for the last few months by all the communities in all the outlying regions except Yellowknife, that the needs aren't being met. So why is it a problem to give these regions dollars to help bring these services up to a better respectable level? Where the government can't deliver on housing for instance, why can't these aboriginal governments get their own money to deliver housing that this government can't deliver on? That's just one example I want to make, and I want to get what this government's view is on that perspective of resource revenue sharing. Thank you.
Robert Villeneuve on Question 56-15(4): Devolution And Resource Revenue Sharing Negotiations
In the Legislative Assembly on May 31st, 2005. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 56-15(4): Devolution And Resource Revenue Sharing Negotiations
Question 56-15(4): Devolution And Resource Revenue Sharing Negotiations
Item 6: Oral Questions
May 30th, 2005
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