Thank you, Madam Chair. There is a misconception that the negotiators on behalf of the GNWT don't have mandates, but actually, they do have mandates. The difficulty is: sometimes, if there is an ask that is more than they are mandated to do, they can't sign those off. They are negotiators; they are not Ministers. Anything that has a financial number to it cannot be signed by any individual Member, even a Minister, unless it's an approved budget. If it's a financial ask or something like that, it does have to come through the Executive Council. That is the issue. It's not that they don't have mandates. It's when the mandates' limits are exceeded that they have to come back and get more approval. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Caroline Cochrane on Committee Motion 76-19(2): Tabled Document 286-19(2): Main Estimates 2021-2022 - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department (page 137), Carried
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Committee Motion 76-19(2): Tabled Document 286-19(2): Main Estimates 2021-2022 - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department (page 137), Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 11th, 2021
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