Thank you, Mr. Chair. There was a commitment in the last government, I believe, by the Premier. What I heard, I'm going off of Member's words, is that the Premier had committed to resolving all the self-government agreements and the land claim agreements. Again, that's hearsay. I think, in the last Assembly, a push to try to accommodate that is that we did bring in a whole bunch of facilitators to do that. It wasn't proven to be as effective, Madam Chair, so this money is sunsetting off of it. Sometimes, facilitation is important so, Madam Chair, right now, I've met with one Indigenous government that is wanting to have a facilitator, an expert facilitator. It's in our priorities, as well. We are committed to providing that internally at this point, until we look at our priorities. I'm not averse to it, but I'm also not willing to throw money out the window. If it's desired by the Indigenous governments, if it's close and it will provide success, then we should be open to looking at it, but we shouldn't be just throwing money out the window if there's no success. It's about measurable outcomes, again. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Caroline Cochrane on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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