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attriloutes of prcvincial legislative assemblies. If this is one of<br />
ttre aims of the section, vitry should it be? I,ihy should Bill C-50 shos<br />
such a14>a:rent oncern to treat the territorial Cor:ncils--and for tlrat<br />
matter the other parts of tJ:e territorial gOverrnent -- as rlnor<br />
relations', separate v*rere possiJrle fncrn their provincial ounterparts?"<br />
In other areas of concern, W. Elliott listed the giving of only one<br />
allotted nsnber to each of ttre territories - one-third of the whole<br />
of Canada -- in the prrcposed 1l8-nernber House of the Federationst and<br />
tnat nsnber drosen b1l C,overnor-in{ouncil, rot the territorial crcuncil;<br />
ttre fact of an energing ca.binet systern and a political party systsn ix<br />
Yukon is either ignored or by-passed; no provision is rnade for adjusting<br />
territorial representation i.n the House of Ccnrnrns; no prcn/ision is nade<br />
for any representation fncm the territories at federal-provincial first<br />
ministers' qcnferences. Dr. Elliott noted: "If the aim of such a<br />
conference is to broaden the base on wlrich inportant national decisions<br />
are rnade, and to ensure that such decisions are reE)onsive to ttre<br />
i-nterests of warior:s regions of Canada, such an qnission is counterpr.oductive<br />
as rtaell as r:nfair to ttre pecple of tLre territories."<br />
In all, l-5 main points \irere co\,/ered in the brief , affectilg the people<br />
of Yukon, as well as a nurnhr of other general concerns Dr. EII-iott<br />
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