Yes, Mr. Chairman. The federal legislation that will put this Tlicho Land Claims and Self-Government Agreement Act will contain subsequent amendments to the NWT Act to provide authority to pass laws to implement land claims and self-government. Thank you.
Jim Antoine
Historical Information Jim Antoine is no longer a member of the Legislative Assembly.
Last in the Legislative Assembly November 2003, as MLA for Nahendeh
Won his last election, in 1999, with 61% of the vote.
Statements in the House
Bill 34: Tlicho Land Claims And Self-government Agreement Act October 9th, 2003
Bill 34: Tlicho Land Claims And Self-government Agreement Act October 9th, 2003
Yes, the Member is correct that when coming into force, all legislation will have to be in place. Thank you.
Bill 34: Tlicho Land Claims And Self-government Agreement Act October 9th, 2003
That's correct.
Bill 34: Tlicho Land Claims And Self-government Agreement Act October 9th, 2003
Mr. Chairman, before getting into the specifics, I will refer it to Mark Aitken.
Bill 34: Tlicho Land Claims And Self-government Agreement Act October 9th, 2003
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I would like to refer again to legal counsel, Mr. Goldney, please.
Bill 34: Tlicho Land Claims And Self-government Agreement Act October 9th, 2003
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In clause 4, I would make reference to the agreement itself to 2.7.1(b) that states that no provisions in the agreement shall be construed to effect any treaty right of any aboriginal people other that the Tlicho where the right exists before the provision of the agreement was in effect or any aboriginal rights of aboriginal people other than the Tlicho. I believe that from our legal advice, this provision covers the concern, but for a more specific explanation, Mr. Chairman, I would like to refer to our legal counsel, Mr. Goldney.
Bill 34: Tlicho Land Claims And Self-government Agreement Act October 8th, 2003
From the information I have, they had two meetings with the North Slave Metis Alliance.
Bill 34: Tlicho Land Claims And Self-government Agreement Act October 8th, 2003
Mr. Chairman, the public had an opportunity to review and comment on the Tlicho agreement on a number of different occasions. There have been information periods that were held by the chief negotiators in October and November of 2002 and they met with a number of different groups. I take it that from the list here, most of the meetings probably occurred in Yellowknife. There have been some teleconferences with the Deh Cho representatives, as well as the Akaitcho First Nations. I think consultations took place in all four of the Tlicho communities as well, but the majority has been in Yellowknife. There was one public session in Yellowknife. They made different presentations in different forums and different conferences. Thank you.
Bill 34: Tlicho Land Claims And Self-government Agreement Act October 8th, 2003
Yes, Mr. Chairman. I would like to ask counsel, Mr. Goldney, to reply to that.
Bill 34: Tlicho Land Claims And Self-government Agreement Act October 8th, 2003
Yes, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the way I understand it, Mr. Chairman, is this government will be dealing with the lands and the jurisdictions over the Tlicho. Thank you.