I don't expect the Minister to agree with my statement but I'm sure the statement is true. I think that a superintendent and the eight staff that are at our regional centres are doing an incredible job to be -- and to have that many people to report to at the headquarters level, and supposedly serving all the communities and regional centres, is phenomenal. And when I look at some of these figures, it just tells me that the balance is not there to serve the regional centres and all the communities in the Northwest Territories. When you have too many chiefs and not enough Indians, that's what usually happens, Madam Chair. And I think that the Minister has got to look at this, and this is where some of this decentralization should really occur because, you know, one of our mandates, one of our main mandates was decentralization and putting all 14 positions here back into the capital is not agreeable because I think that, you know, we have to also give bonuses to the small communities and to the regional centres to make sure that they are able to move forward and do the amazing job that they're already doing. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Frieda Martselos on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 28th, 2023. See this statement in context.
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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