Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Correct.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As the Government of the Northwest Territories, we have given more and more authority to municipalities and first nations. Through our work in capacity-building, we have been able to empower them to make their own decisions on their priorities. It's been good.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There is always going to be a relationship with the federal government here in the Northwest Territories. We are very diverse and spread out. Without a partnership, one that is planned and made together, we would continue to build the rest of the territory and Canada piecemeal, a

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We've moved ahead in a number of significant areas, and the partnership with the federal government made some difference. It's hard to measure in a short timeframe, and they could be rather short, from two to four years. In our case, we are mandated every four years for election.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There's a long list there, but the partnerships that we're building in the north with the first nations and aboriginal governments will help us in dealing with those things and putting them in the right order of importance. We see that there is a need for infrastructure investme

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We could definitely get into a discussion about the relationship there. We talk about boots on the ground in the Northwest Territories. When I spoke about that idea, it was about the people already living here. We have people on our most remote islands in Canada who call it home,

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, and we've done the same. We've agreed that we need to put them in place so that they can be partners in this development. With the pipeline in place, the federal government will make $86 billion from that development. So the investment will have a healthy return. We hope to

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There was an announcement of a reserve unit being established here in Yellowknife. That is correct.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I don't recall a specific date.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think, again, that devolution resource revenue sharing would allow us to simplify, to streamline, and to make decisions, I believe, in a way that reflects the interests and aspirations of northerners, both aboriginal and non-aboriginal. That development would spur a better econ

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We have a number of land claims, self-government discussions, going on in the same area that would be affected by the Manitoba-Saskatchewan Denesuline. The Akaitcho are in the region, and they include a group in the Yellowknife area as well, the Treaty 8 group, which has been wor

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Regarding the resource revenue sharing portion that we've put forward right now, we waited.... For example, the previous government initiated the equalization work that was done, and part of that work involved the resource revenue sharing portion. So when the work was done and th

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Well, that's a big question, and we could probably take most of the day on that. However, as for the highlights of that, because I think they need to be highlighted, the approach that would be taken and has been taken is one that includes the aboriginal governments and first nati

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  A practical example would be, as Mr. Miltenberger put it earlier.... Right now, the appointees to the boards that work in the Northwest Territories work through the federal government. We wait for it to approve the names that go on that list. If those don't get dealt with in a ti

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Our recommendations, for example, to the STRAW report talk about moving some initiatives forward that would not take a lot of work, and appointments are one of those. We have that in place. As to the reasons why...we can't answer that. We've made recommendations to try to improve