David Ramsay

Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I’d like to ask the Premier, in that letter perhaps he could include something to the effect that we want to see all the money that was cut from programs here in the Northwest Territories reinstated. And I’m talking every last dollar reinstated until our government gets a deal with the federal government in terms of resource revenue sharing. I think that is fair and that is what’s fair to the residents here in the Northwest Territories, and that’s what they’re asking us to do and to represent them and I think that’s fair and that has to be in that...

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Cleveland.

Thank you, committee. Bill 10 is now ready for third reading. I would like to thank Minister Roland and Mr. Cleveland and ask committee what is the wish of committee. Mr. Menicoche.

Clause 6.

Thank you, Mr. Villeneuve. Minister Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are for the Premier and it gets back to my Member’s statement from today in terms of intergovernmental relations between our territorial government and Ottawa, the federal government. I want to say quite clearly that I find what happened with the recent raft of federal cuts quite disturbing from an NWT perspective that is, Mr. Speaker. I don’t believe it’s fair that Ottawa continues to take our resources day in and day out, and it’s at about the present tally about $400 million a year and if the pipeline happens $9 billion later it’s going to be over...

Thank you, Minister Roland. Anything further, Mr. Yakeleya?

Thank you. To the bill as a whole.

Clause 4.

Mahsi, Mr. Villeneuve. Minister Roland.