I understand the transfers of responsibilities that have occurred over the years from the time the territorial government has existed in 1967 and those programs and services have been devolved to the GNWT. That’s all history. However, that is something that the Aboriginal governments had participated in, in a sense, by voting and putting MLAs in this House for that purpose. But the thing is, if you look at the structures and the way the MLAs are elected, you’re looking at seven MLAs in Yellowknife and Yellowknife does not have a land quantum. So when you make a decision on behalf of the Government of the Northwest Territories to sign an agreement-in-principle to devolve responsibilities, it’s a different process to devolve programs and services through Health Canada and housing and so on. I’m not prepared to get into a discussion at this time of the discussion of the transfers of the housing that have occurred by the creation of the NWT Housing Corporation in 1974. I’m out of time, right?
Tom Beaulieu on Consideration in Committee of the Whole on Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 28th, 2011. See this statement in context.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole on Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
February 27th, 2011
See context to find out what was said next.