Again, when you talk about the Northwest Territories Metis Association, which Metis association are you talking about? There’s also the Mackenzie Valley Metis Association. I’m wondering if they’re going to be funded also.

As I said, we will provide the list of Metis locals that are receiving funding and those that are in the process of renewing their societies’ obligations. We’ll get that information. Thank you.

Last question and I can include both items. Is there an inflation factor built into the funding? It seems like it’s a level number. Is there any way, based on inflation, that you increase it over a period of time or is it just a flat line?

Mr. Chairman, the amount that’s been allocated was straight across, every organization qualified for the same funding. We’re the only within our jurisdiction-only funding in that provide core funding. When other groups did not subscribe, we put in a policy that we would then take the remaining funds and spread it out for the

rest of the organizations. We found this year that, as I was saying, many of the groups that did not qualify previously have renewed their society status and are now eligible again and we don’t have as much to share with everybody else. So I think everybody will have their allocation. Thank you.

Mr. Chair, I don’t recognize a quorum in the House.

I’ll ring the bell.

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Thank you, committee. I’ll call Committee of the Whole back to the order now that we have quorum back. With that, we’ll take a short break and come back after the break.

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[Microphone turned off] ...Intergovernmental Relations, activity summary, corporate management, grants and contributions, grants, $300,000.

Moving along to page 4-13, Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations, information item, corporate management, active positions.

Let’s move along to page 4-14, 4-15, Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations, Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. A couple of questions here. During business plans and actually I think it was actually a year ago, but in discussion with the department at one point we talked about a document called the Key Features of Western NWT Society. I believe it was during a presentation. At that time, there were some comments from Members that that document needed to be updated. I just wondered if I could get an update on whether that’s been updated. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Premier Roland.

Mr. Chairman, the Member has recalled, in fact, a significant piece of work we are working on. I am hopefully in the near future able to bring it back to Cabinet and then go to Members with the work that we have done in that area to update it. Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, thank you to the Premier. That is good to know. I think it was at the same workshop. There was some discussion about the development of a self-government policy for the GNWT. Is that part of the same work that has been done on the key features document or is that a separate policy that is being developed? Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, the first piece we were working on is the government’s framework and out of that could come a self-government policy. Right now we’re using the key features document and then all the mandates, so the government’s framework will set out the parameters of that. If the Members are willing, that could go the next step and start working on development of an actual specific policy. Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, maybe I could get a bit of an explanation from the Minister as to what this policy would encompass. I am not exactly following, I guess, why it couldn’t be done in conjunction. What would a self-government policy describe for us? Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, for the most part right now what we use as guiding principles are the key features document and the federal government’s self-government policy. That is what we work off of and then mandates are developed around that as we talked about, many of those being redone. The government’s framework will be an internal document used by governments as we set up our mandates and look at that framework. Policy then potentially could be developed that would be a public document like our Negotiated Contracts Policy where we would set out some of those principles that would be incorporated into that. Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, thanks to the Minister. That’s all I have. Thanks.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. We’re on page 4-15. Mr. Krutko.

Mr. Chairman, again, 4-15, contracting services, $125,000. Can I get a breakdown of that?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Premier Roland.