Item N-2001-016: CN-122A - side 1

• Sound recording

1 audio cassette (31 min.)

This item is a tape of dictation from the Metis Development Corporation, recorded in 1980. The recording is in English. The original source item is side A of a 60 minute audio cassette. The speaker may be R.J. Greene, General Manager and is directed to a secretary Violet. The first dictation is of a draft entitled "Norman Wells Pipeline", which outlines four alternative approaches the Metis Development Corporation (MDC) could take toward the Norman Wells pipeline project, ranging from complete support for the Dene Nation and Metis Association position that the pipeline should not be allowed before land claims are settled to coming out strongly in favour of the pipeline. The second dictation is of a draft memo to MDC directors, officers, and staff regarding declaring any conflicts of interest. The third dictation is of a draft entitled "Charter of Aircraft for June 11, 1980 Board Meeting", which describes why the general manager decided to charter an aircraft to transport Board members to the meeting, initial intentions, actual results, and a cost comparison. The fourth dictation is a memorandum to the Board of Directors on the subject of a proposal to undertake certain activities designed to ensure the positive participation of Metis people and to encourage the participation of other Indigenous people in the Norman Wells oilfield expansion and pipeline construction project. The memorandum states that there is no coherent development policy for the development of resources in the NWT and yet development continues to take place in an uncoordinated manner. The memorandum suggests that the MDC could undertake a program designed to provide Metis people with the information required to participate in public hearings on the Norman Wells pipeline in the context of some kind of coherent strategy for the development of the western NWT. The program would include providing information, getting feedback for input into terms and conditions under which the pipeline could be approved, and identifying research needs.

This recording includes sides A and B of the tape.