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Decentralized Democracy

Murray Long

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 21, 2023
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Thanks, chief.

Yes, the fiscal arrangements could be better. We’re getting there. We have the opportunity now as a self-governing First Nation to participate in what is called the fiscal collaboration process, so all 26 First Nations sitting around the table with the federal government and negotiating as equal partners in determining what the expenditure need is in different areas. We’ve seen progress in the area of basic — the governance, the cost of governance, and making sure it’s comparable with the territories and provinces and communities, and there’s work now on culture, language and infrastructure, but there are other areas that haven’t started, like economic development. It is a work-in-progress, but it is progressing, and it’s something that the committee may be interested in looking at in the future, finding out more about that.

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