Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The last face-to-face meeting I had with all of the regional aboriginal leaders and our government was on December 5th. At that time, we had agreement on principles. This is a statement of principles by all of the leaders who were present. One of the leaders, the Akaitcho, said he wanted to take it back to his elders and get more consultation before he would confirm, but at the table he said, no, these look fine to me. The only other regional leader who was not there, or the region that was not represented, was the Deh Cho. They were fairly clear to me that they felt that they would prefer to work on their own process. But the other leaders, from the Inuvialuit, the Gwich'in, the Sahtu, were onside. Sorry, Mr. Speaker, but I should also say that the Tlicho leaders were not there either, although MLA Jackson attended the meeting but not representing them. So we had two who were not there and couldn't confirm. We are now, Mr. Speaker, going through a process of holding workshops in every region, at the request of the aboriginal leaders, to help the leaders at the community level and in the region to better understand this. That is where we are at. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Joe Handley on Question 280-15(5): Resource Revenue Sharing Agreement-in-principle
In the Legislative Assembly on February 9th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 280-15(5): Resource Revenue Sharing Agreement-in-principle
Question 280-15(5): Resource Revenue Sharing Agreement-in-principle
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 8th, 2007
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