Mr. Tom Isaac at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

On February 7th, 2013. See this statement in context.

February 7th, 2013 / 9:10 a.m.

Senior Counsel, Negotiations, Northern Affairs and Federal Interlocuter, Department of Justice

I think the proper characterization would be yes, that Canada was unwilling to provide a guaranteed participant funding program outside of the ability to provide a regulation that could establish that program in the future. That was the Government of Canada's position. I think there was disagreement at the working group on that position, but it was.... A number of checks and balances and takes and leaves by all the parties involved with it resulted in the bill's being in its final form.

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