Again, I mean, for me the way that this thing is set up is you pay the people. You can call it a signing bonus. The people that signed on get a signing bonus. The people that didn’t sign on don’t get anything. The only way that you’re going to get something is you have to sign onto a bad deal. For me that’s exactly what’s being projected here. The funds are based on both individuals who have signed on will get the funding. Those groups that haven’t signed on, sorry, you either sign on in order to get the funding. That’s bribery.
I’d like to ask the Minister why it is that this government is playing with the Aboriginal people’s lands and rights. You talk about all this money that’s going to the people of the Northwest Territories. Well, excuse me, who’s got the poorest health system? Who’s got the lack of infrastructure? It’s Aboriginal communities and not where the government is set up.
Fifty percent of the public funds in the Northwest Territories is spent on this government’s bureaucracy, which doesn’t really work its way down to Aboriginal people and Aboriginal communities. That’s why Aboriginal people don’t trust this government, because of exactly what we’re doing here is the whole reason that they can’t trust us is because we are not being fair. This is a perfect example of how this money is going to be distributed through this $2.8 million and it is not going to benefit Aboriginal people who basically are there to protect their lands and resources at all costs. If that means waiting a little longer, well, let’s wait a little longer.