With regard to similar questioning of my colleague, I hope that the study will also include the fact that eastern Members have no access to have the presence of their constituency assistants during the sitting of the session. I would not raise this if my constituency assistant was on the Mackenzie highway system. If that were the case I could have him/her brought in by bus or by my own vehicle. However, it costs approximately $1,400 for a return airfare to my constituency, and my constituency is not the farthest away. There are Members from Baffin Island who have no hope in bringing their constituency workers to Yellowknife to assist them. We envy the western Arctic Members who have their assistants sitting in Yellowknife able to assist them and are able to keep in contact with their constituency. For example, as soon as we stop making phone calls to the local radio stations in the eastern Arctic we are deemed as not doing anything in Yellowknife because we do not get the daily live coverage as you do in the west. Will this study include a possible provision in having the constituency assistants present during session?
James Arvaluk on Committee Motion 122-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 6
In the Legislative Assembly on March 24th, 1993. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 122-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 6
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 24th, 1993
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James Arvaluk Aivilik
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