Thank you, Madam Chair. I am very glad that we will be updating all of those policies, and hopefully, we can bring a little more certainty to this area. My last one is a bit of a political pitch: I really do believe that investing in our communities is the best bang for our buck. I believe they spend that money in the communities and they are far more capable of delivering some of the services we as a government do. I really think the future of the NWT should be devolving more powers to both Indigenous and community governments and delivering those services locally. We have done a lot of that, but we haven't backed it up with the funding, which really just doesn't help anyone and results in worse services being delivered. My final question for the Minister is: I can't vote for this right now without a clearer path on how we are actually going to close this gap, especially given the hit municipalities have taken. Is the Minister willing to increase the municipal funding gap as I see it here? Thank you, Madam Chair.
Rylund Johnson on Committee Motion 43-18(3): Tabled Document 181-19(2): Capital Estimates 2020-2021 - Health and Social Services - Deferral of Department (page 29), Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on October 28th, 2020. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 43-18(3): Tabled Document 181-19(2): Capital Estimates 2020-2021 - Health and Social Services - Deferral of Department (page 29), Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 28th, 2020
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