I’m not sure whether the Minister is avoiding the question here or just choosing to give unrelated answers, but I did point out very clearly that I’m not talking about meeting with Aboriginal groups. I see that that’s well identified here. I’m talking about, if you want to call it, a necessary component of negotiations towards a final agreement that is delivered by consulting with the public and developing our common understanding amongst all NWT residents about what we mean when we negotiate for authority for sustainable resource development, resource and land management regimes, and this is a discussion we’ve never had with our public. We may have had it with groups of the Northwest Territories here and there, but we have not had that comprehensive discussion, and now we find ourselves at the negotiating table starting on a negotiation without having done that work despite the obvious repeated calls for that work to be done. This should appropriately be funded through this fund and it’s not identified here.
Bob Bromley on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on May 12th, 2011. See this statement in context.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
May 11th, 2011
See context to find out what was said next.