I couldn’t agree with the Premier more. Even though we don’t have devolution, these positions, and I spoke of 10 other positions -- a senior advisor, senior analyst positions -- that were posted recently for Gatineau, Quebec, again, these people are making decisions on behalf of Northerners in Gatineau and Ottawa. Even if we don’t have devolution, I think those positions, there’s no reason why they couldn’t be located in one of the three northern territories. So I’d like to ask the Premier if he will sit down again with the federal government and his colleagues in Nunavut and Yukon to come up with a plan to address which jobs are located in Ottawa and Gatineau and get those jobs into one of the three northern territories or spread them out or do something. They do not belong in Gatineau, Quebec.
David Ramsay on Question 263-16(3): Location Of Federal Government’s Northern Development Agency Office
In the Legislative Assembly on March 5th, 2009. See this statement in context.
Question 263-16(3): Location Of Federal Government’s Northern Development Agency Office
Oral Questions
March 4th, 2009
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