Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm all in favour of a collective and cooperative approach and I do hope that's what this society will do for us. However, Mr. Speaker, I do want to indicate that the Minister is being somewhat selective in saying that we don't want to be overwhelmed by aboriginal organizations. That is not, Mr. Speaker, absolutely not the intent of my question. But what we should do is look very carefully at the three seats already occupied by the original proponents and potentially any other operators. This board could be overwhelmed just by operators, just by industry, Mr. Speaker. The question that I'd like to ask the Minister is, this is a public government that works on behalf of all residents of the Northwest Territories, and that is why I want to again return to this point of where is the effectiveness and the equity of the whole of the Northwest Territories in a board that, so far, has the GNWT's single voice among at least seven other members, Mr. Speaker?
Bill Braden on Question 402-15(5): Establishment Of The NWT Oil And Gas Socio-economic Advisory Board
In the Legislative Assembly on February 22nd, 2007. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 402-15(5): Establishment Of The Nwt Oil And Gas Socio-economic Advisory Board
Question 402-15(5): Establishment Of The NWT Oil And Gas Socio-economic Advisory Board
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 21st, 2007
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