Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The first number that was offered to us as a serious offer that the federal government thought we would jump at was $60 million total. Mr. Speaker, that was absolutely inadequate. That made no sense from our view or from the aboriginal leaders' view. So we rejected that $60 million. It went up to $90 million and then it continued up. Eventually, Mr. Speaker, as with all things, you have to make a deal at some point. Rather than have everybody walk away, there was a feeling, a consensus among the aboriginal leaders and ourselves, after a lot of discussions back and forth, that the $500 million was adequate. That $500 million, Mr. Speaker, as I recall correctly, was a number that we put on the table. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Joe Handley on Question 419-15(4): Mackenzie Gas Project Socio-economic Funding
In the Legislative Assembly on February 16th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 419-15(4): Mackenzie Gas Project Socio-economic Funding
Question 419-15(4): Mackenzie Gas Project Socio-economic Funding
Item 7: Oral Questions
February 15th, 2006
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