Thanks, Mr. Speaker. The budgetary process though, is a cycle and it takes quite a long time to get a budget together. So, I would like to ask the Minister, since we won't be having a discussion on how to handle deficits until next week, will that give us enough time to reflect whatever new planning has to take place for the creation of a new budget?
Debates of Dec. 8th, 1993
Topics
Supplementary To Question 240-12(4): Projected Deficit For 1993-94
Question 240-12(4): Projected Deficit For 1993-94
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Brian Lewis Yellowknife Centre
Supplementary To Question 240-12(4): Projected Deficit For 1993-94
Question 240-12(4): Projected Deficit For 1993-94
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Deputy Speaker Ludy Pudluk
Thank you. Mr. Pollard.
Further Return To Question 240-12(4): Projected Deficit For 1993-94
Question 240-12(4): Projected Deficit For 1993-94
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John Pollard Hay River
Obviously, Mr. Speaker, it would be tight timing. But, we feel it is necessary to have that debate and if there are ideas, suggestions and conclusions drawn from that debate, then the necessary changes will be made in the next budget, which will come into the House in the February session. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Further Return To Question 240-12(4): Projected Deficit For 1993-94
Question 240-12(4): Projected Deficit For 1993-94
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Deputy Speaker Ludy Pudluk
Thank you. Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Whitford.
Question 241-12(4): Drivers' Licences - Changes For Visually Impaired
Item 5: Oral Questions
December 7th, 1993
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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to direct a question to the Minister responsible for motor vehicles. Mr. Speaker, the Canadian National Institute for the Blind informs me that there is about seven individuals in the Northwest Territories who are classified as legally blind due to the scarring of the cornea, that's the front part of the eye that lets the light in. It is easily corrected by a transplant.
Sometime ago, Mr. Speaker, I had asked this government if it would be able to have an organ donor's card attached to a drivers license, so this vital part of the human anatomy could be salvaged in case of an accident and transplanted. My information is that the technology is rather simple, it is just that they need permission to get the particular organs. One of the best places to carry permission for organ transplants in on the drivers license because a lot of the accidents that occur and that provide useable parts, are motor vehicle accidents.
I would like to ask the Minister of Transportation whether or not Motor Vehicles, under his department, would consider changing the back of the drivers license from what is presently there now to an organ donor card that can be signed by an individual who chooses to participate in that program. At the time they issue this license, they can carry it with them at all times.
Question 241-12(4): Drivers' Licences - Changes For Visually Impaired
Item 5: Oral Questions
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An Hon. Member
Good question.
Question 241-12(4): Drivers' Licences - Changes For Visually Impaired
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Deputy Speaker Ludy Pudluk
Thank you. Mr. Todd.
Return To Question 241-12(4): Drivers' Licences - Changes For Visually Impaired
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John Todd Keewatin Central
Excellent question, Mr. Chairman. I'm not sure the legalities of what's required on licenses but certainly I'd be only too happy to undertake a review and see if this is at all possible. It makes sound sense to me. Thank you.
Return To Question 241-12(4): Drivers' Licences - Changes For Visually Impaired
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The Deputy Speaker Ludy Pudluk
Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Whitford.
Supplementary To Question 241-12(4): Drivers' Licences - Changes For Visually Impaired
Question 241-12(4): Drivers' Licences - Changes For Visually Impaired
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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, subsequent to my making a statement in the House last week, I have received some more information about it. The suggestion has come from the public. It is a desire among quite a number of people. When you look at the back of the driver's license there's some information there that's very irrelevant to the average individual, you can't even see it, for one thing, because it's printed so small. I had to photocopy it. I wonder if the Minister would undertake, before March, to set a deadline because... they don't issue licenses by the year anymore... but within a relatively short period of time, investigate that so we can follow it up sooner.
Supplementary To Question 241-12(4): Drivers' Licences - Changes For Visually Impaired
Question 241-12(4): Drivers' Licences - Changes For Visually Impaired
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Deputy Speaker Ludy Pudluk
Thank you. Mr. Todd.
Further Return To Question 241-12(4): Drivers' Licences - Changes For Visually Impaired
Question 241-12(4): Drivers' Licences - Changes For Visually Impaired
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John Todd Keewatin Central
As with all good suggestions, we'll move quickly to do a review of it and see if it's at all possible. I want to assure the honourable Member that I will do that as quickly as I can.
Further Return To Question 241-12(4): Drivers' Licences - Changes For Visually Impaired
Question 241-12(4): Drivers' Licences - Changes For Visually Impaired
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The Deputy Speaker Ludy Pudluk
Thank you. Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Arvaluk.
Question 242-12(4): Stockpiles Transferred For Roads In Chesterfield Inlet
Item 5: Oral Questions
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James Arvaluk Aivilik
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to direct my question to the Minister of Transportation. When the airstrip extension was made in Chesterfield Inlet. Transportation used the gravel site stockpile that was intended for municipal roads. Knowing the severity of the poor roads in Chesterfield Inlet... there is also a stockpile, made by the federal government a while ago, that's at the airstrip now, which the Department of Transportation did not want to use because it's a poorer grade. Will the Minister approach the federal government to see if that federal government stockpile can be transferred to the municipality for use on the roads?
Question 242-12(4): Stockpiles Transferred For Roads In Chesterfield Inlet
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Deputy Speaker Ludy Pudluk
Thank you. Mr. Todd.
Return To Question 242-12(4): Stockpiles Transferred For Roads In Chesterfield Inlet
Question 242-12(4): Stockpiles Transferred For Roads In Chesterfield Inlet
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John Todd Keewatin Central
Yes, Mr. Speaker. I will.
Return To Question 242-12(4): Stockpiles Transferred For Roads In Chesterfield Inlet
Question 242-12(4): Stockpiles Transferred For Roads In Chesterfield Inlet
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The Chair Ludy Pudluk
Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Arvaluk.
Supplementary To Question 242-12(4): Stockpiles Transferred For Roads In Chesterfield Inlet
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James Arvaluk Aivilik
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister, since he's so close to one of my communities -- Chesterfield Inlet is only a 15 minute trip from his own home town, where he goes home quite frequently, especially over the weekend -- would he visit the community some time and, while there, see for himself the outlay of those stockpiles and see how they can be organized?
Supplementary To Question 242-12(4): Stockpiles Transferred For Roads In Chesterfield Inlet
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The Chair Ludy Pudluk
Mr. Todd.
Further Return To Question 242-12(4): Stockpiles Transferred For Roads In Chesterfield Inlet
Question 242-12(4): Stockpiles Transferred For Roads In Chesterfield Inlet
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John Todd Keewatin Central
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I've already had discussions on this matter with the mayor, Titi Kadluk. I assure the honourable Member that I will visit Chesterfield Inlet and will move quickly to try and get the federal government to agree to transfer that gravel pile over to the municipality so they can use it for road improvements in Chesterfield. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 242-12(4): Stockpiles Transferred For Roads In Chesterfield Inlet
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The Chair Ludy Pudluk
Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Arvaluk.
Supplementary To Question 242-12(4): Stockpiles Transferred For Roads In Chesterfield Inlet
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James Arvaluk Aivilik
My last supplementary, Mr. Speaker. Would the Minister of Transportation, after seeing for himself how poor the roads systems are, report to the Minister of MACA and talk to him and see if they could make arrangements to improve the roads in Chesterfield?
Supplementary To Question 242-12(4): Stockpiles Transferred For Roads In Chesterfield Inlet
Question 242-12(4): Stockpiles Transferred For Roads In Chesterfield Inlet
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Chair Ludy Pudluk
Mr. Todd.
Further Return To Question 242-12(4): Stockpiles Transferred For Roads In Chesterfield Inlet
Question 242-12(4): Stockpiles Transferred For Roads In Chesterfield Inlet
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John Todd Keewatin Central
I will be only too happy to talk to myself, Mr. Chairman. I will advise myself to see what we can do, with respect to myself, as the Minister of MACA, talking to myself, as the Minister of Transportation, to make available, if there's money in the budget with MACA to Transportation and back to MACA. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 242-12(4): Stockpiles Transferred For Roads In Chesterfield Inlet
Question 242-12(4): Stockpiles Transferred For Roads In Chesterfield Inlet
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The Chair Ludy Pudluk
Thank you. Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Patterson.