Thank you, Madam Chair. What we are hoping to do in the Tlicho region is learn from how things are operating there, but we can't say that that region is necessarily going to be a model for every self-government region in the Northwest Territories. The model in Deline and the model in the Deh Cho isn't necessarily the same. The model that we might see in other regions might be different. So we can't say that we are going to develop one specific model. The government has a set of core principles and values that it negotiates from when it's at the self-government tables. Once we move forward at the tables with some of those values and principles, as the parties get to agreement, then human resources is able to respond to say given this situation, here is probably how you are going to have to react when you draw down your authorities. We are quite prepared to work with self-government entities in each of the regions to provide that information, but I don't think it can be a cookie cutter approach. It's something we have to respond to. Each of the self-government entities at this point look like they are going to be substantially different in nature and make-up. They may draw down different authorities at different times. Therefore, our government, in order to be facilitating that transfer, has to be prepared to be nimble enough to respond differently in different regions. We recognize that.
Charles Dent on Committee Motion 50-15(5): Implementation Of The Third-party Accountability Framework, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on March 8th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 50-15(5): Implementation Of The Third-party Accountability Framework, Carried
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