We have a process in place now that we meet with the regional leadership and have a bilateral process. In fact, as I just said earlier, we just finished a meeting with regional leaders in November and we’re already into planning preparations for the end of March with the regional leaders. So it takes a long time to get the agendas together, to get the necessary information together, so that we can have these meetings. We will do the same in advance notice of the Dene Leadership Meetings. There are many examples where we have Ministers and myself who have been to the leadership meetings to make presentations as well. It’s just unfortunate that the notice came late and we already had commitments by the Ministers that had invitations. When you look at the agenda, there was no request, we were not on the agenda as Ministers making presentations.
Floyd Roland on Question 188-16(3): Ministers’ Absence At Dene Leadership Meetings
In the Legislative Assembly on January 27th, 2010. See this statement in context.
Question 188-16(3): Ministers’ Absence At Dene Leadership Meetings
Oral Questions
January 26th, 2010
Inuvik Boot Lake
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