Floyd Roland

In directorate, for example, we have one at P2, one at P1, and both are female. In policy and planning we have a number of P2s and a P1 in our system. Negotiations is where I think we’ve done a fair bit of work that we’ve stepped up at negotiator and chief negotiator positions where we have in negotiations one chief negotiator P1, we have a senior negotiator P1, another senior negotiator and four assistant negotiators P1s that we’re hoping to be able to move up as we’ve put this program in place. Implementation, same thing. We have three in P1 category and three in the P2 category...

Mr. Chairman, while we go into the detail of all the contracts we have and that is not a problem, the Member may be referring to contracts that are held not through Aboriginal Affairs but other consultants that I use as the Premier of the Northwest Territories. Thank you.

Yes, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. Chairman, the first piece we were working on is the government’s framework and out of that could come a self-government policy. Right now we’re using the key features document and then all the mandates, so the government’s framework will set out the parameters of that. If the Members are willing, that could go the next step and start working on development of an actual specific policy. Thank you.

Yes, we will provide that detail.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The role of Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations is one where we’re, in a sense, and I think the Member may have touched on this, but in a roundabout way we’re the face of our role when it comes to working with both Aboriginal governments and organizations, and with the federal government and with our provincial colleagues, with our communities, quite a gamut of things. In fact, we’ve now stretched ourselves to also deal with the federal government, Foreign Affairs, for example, on intergovernmental issues when it comes to Arctic Council and those areas.

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Mr. Chairman, if I could have Mr. Robertson give us the details on that.

Well, the Member knows that the Department of Executive budget is up in front of committee later on today and we can go through that detail at that time.

Mr. Chairman, the amount that’s been allocated was straight across, every organization qualified for the same funding. We’re the only within our jurisdiction-only funding in that provide core funding. When other groups did not subscribe, we put in a policy that we would then take the remaining funds and spread it out for the rest of the organizations. We found this year that, as I was saying, many of the groups that did not qualify previously have renewed their society status and are now eligible again and we don’t have as much to share with everybody else. So I think everybody will have their...

Mr. Speaker, I guess first, the fund that Mr. Krutko spoke of -- $50,000 -- that was in a different category under the Creating Our Future Together scenario which didn’t take into consideration the agreement-in-principle. That table was a side table to the regional leaders’ discussions that were ongoing.

As for the consultation and approach, although much has been said about the signing and the timing of the signing, it all comes out of the framework agreement that was signed and a memorandum of intent that was reached in 2001 by the Government of the Northwest Territories Premier, the Minister...