Negotiating the NWT Devolution of Lands & Resources
Gerein, Hal J.
In this story, the author is the GNWT's Chief Negotiator for the devolution of lands and resources from Canada. Devolution means the transfer of authority from a senior level of government to a junior level. Many national governments today areinvolved with devolution as a means to "subsidiarity", the principle that politicalpower should be exercised by the least central or smallest unit of governmentcapable and being as close to the people bei...