Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Listening to questions by Mr. Yakeleya to the Minister of ITI, I find it pretty amazing this government hasn’t done more to protect the interests of the Sahtu people or, more importantly, that that CANOL Park, which was established under their land claim agreement, but, more importantly, protection of the Sahtu interests in the Northwest Territories, which basically we talk about IBAs, we talk about social impact agreements, we talk about benefits to the people in the Northwest Territories. These resources are going to be transferred from the Northwest Territories into the Yukon to be mined or processed in the Yukon. I’d just like to ask the Minister of ITI why is it that there are no agreements with the First Nations people in the Northwest Territories, especially the Sahtu people, in regard to this development on the impact on Sahtu lands in the Northwest Territories, yet the company is talking about transporting that ore from the Northwest Territories and processing it in the Yukon so they can avoid the environmental responsibility they have under the environmental assessment in the Northwest Territories?
David Krutko on Question 87-16(4): Regulatory Process Related To The Mactung Mine
In the Legislative Assembly on October 26th, 2009. See this statement in context.
Question 87-16(4): Regulatory Process Related To The Mactung Mine
Oral Questions (Reversion)
October 25th, 2009
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