The first thing we did in the Northwest Territories in my time—it took us about 60 years—is that we negotiated a devolution agreement with Canada to take over more of our own autonomy. We had our own self-government agreement for land, water and resource development. In my mind, we got rid of about 5,000 kilometres of red tape.
We took over responsibility with indigenous governments. We recognized that we have to work collaboratively. We figured out how to do things like co-drafting legislation for things like the Species at Risk Act and the Wildlife Act, which we did co-operatively, with many hands on the pen. It was a bill that government [Technical difficulty—Editor] into the assembly and it was voted on [Technical difficulty—Editor]