The FSGA includes many new powers for Deline such as:

• Community affairs and local services including  the regulation of liquor and gaming
• Aboriginal matters including language and culture
• Education and early childhood education
• Adoption
• Health services
• Social housing and income support
• Tourism and economic development in the Deline District
• Local land use planning

However, these will not all be taken on right away. The Deline Got’ine Government will decide when and how it takes on new powers. For example, education and health services will continue to be managed by the GNWT in the immediate future, while the DGG prepares to take on authorities in those areas.

When the FSGA becomes effective, the DGG will immediately take on programs and services that the First Nation, Land Corporation and Charter Community are already delivering today, as well as a few additional powers it needs to be able to operate as a government.

As the Deline Got’ine Government builds its capacity and its success over time, it will take on more powers and responsibilities in areas such as education and social programs. Across the NWT and across Canada, this is how self-governments continually develop over time.