The interest-owned change at the negotiation tables, Canada will still be there with the same objective of settling these questions around Aboriginal rights and Aboriginal title respecting lands, but fundamentally does change, though, as I mentioned, the Government of the Northwest Territories will be leading some of the discussions when it comes to land selection and negotiations because we are going to be the government that is administering those public lands and resources. It doesn’t mean that the Government of Canada is completely out of the picture. We still expect and require the Government of Canada to engage fully in questions around Aboriginal rights and Aboriginal title and we will be working with Canada when it comes to making offers with respect to the land quantum. We just see more mechanical pieces for those negotiations when it comes to informing those discussions and those negotiations coming to the GNWT.
Martin Goldney on Committee Motion 5-17(5): Deferral Of Human Resources Department Summary, Defeated
In the Legislative Assembly on February 17th, 2014. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 5-17(5): Deferral Of Human Resources Department Summary, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters
February 16th, 2014
Martin Goldney
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