Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. It’s a follow-up to Mr.
Jacobson’s
questioning. My understanding is that under the clawback provisions of the act certain land claims
are exempt from the clawback, especially when it comes to dividend payments, payments that flow through the land claim agreements of the Inuvialuit, the Gwich’in, the Sahtu and now the Tlicho. We had this debate over a long period of time when Mr. Dent was the Minister of Education. It was clearly stated in the public record on the floor of this House that those agreements are exempt under that legislation.
I’d just like clarification from the Minister that under the clawback exemptions of the act the land claim dividends will not be clawed back.