Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I guess I can't give a definitive answer as to why we don't have an agreement. We've approached the federal government on a number of avenues raising this issue and what seems the cleanest and neatest, as we look to what the solutions are, is that it's not new money. It's taking the money taken out of the North and putting it, reinvesting it back here in the Northwest Territories. One of the issues we've always had come to us is the fact that the Northwest Territories is such a small population and that's why I provided information on the per capita amounts, whether it's how much the federal government transfers here and how much they take out in dollars with taxes, and on top of that you add the royalties. It's a matter of reinvesting the money from the Northwest Territories and having it spent rightly where it belongs, and that's where the resources are taken from. So we've approached that. We will continue to work with the federal government. In fact, we were hoping that this budget coming up with the federal government will in fact identify how they will deal with provinces and territories on non-renewable resources. Thank you.
Floyd Roland on Question 276-15(5): Funding For New Territorial Highways
In the Legislative Assembly on February 8th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 276-15(5): Funding For New Territorial Highways
Question 276-15(5): Funding For New Territorial Highways
Item 8: Oral Questions
February 7th, 2007
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