Mr. Kakfwi.
Debates of Nov. 27th, 1996
Topics
Supplementary To Question 12-13(4): Status Of Funding For Co-op Credit Unions
Question 12-13(4): Status Of Funding For Co-op Credit Unions
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Further Return To Question 12-13(4): Status Of Funding For Co-op Credit Unions
Question 12-13(4): Status Of Funding For Co-op Credit Unions
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Mr. Speaker. We did commit funding in the order of $600,000 in the current year to assist in the formation of credit unions as proposed by the arctic cooperatives. It is true that we cannot continue to stand by this commitment forever. Something substantial should start happening the next while. It is a substantial sum of money to hold in anticipation of something that has yet to make any substantive progress.
So, as the minister I will stand by that commitment as long as I can, but I am unable during this time of fiscal restraint and cutbacks, to tell you exactly how long that would be. But, as I said, we hope that the Arctic Cooperatives will send us a letter very soon indicating what the new time lines and implementation plans are so that we can sit down with them and continue, hopefully, to work towards a resolution of this initiative. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 12-13(4): Status Of Funding For Co-op Credit Unions
Question 12-13(4): Status Of Funding For Co-op Credit Unions
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions, supplementary. Mr. Picco.
Supplementary To Question 12-13(4): Status Of Funding For Co-op Credit Unions
Question 12-13(4): Status Of Funding For Co-op Credit Unions
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, at the present time one of the larger banks, the Bank of Montreal, in cooperation with Canada Post Corporation are setting up banking facilities on a trial basis in some northern communities. Right now there is one going on in Nain. Has the GNWT looked at some type of plan where we could foster an agreement between the cooperatives and the credit unions to arrange an arrangement with other entities of government that are involved in the same line as a credit union?
For example, maybe the BCC or the Development Corporation so that, maybe not the full amount of the $600,000 could be used, but in cooperation by leveraging these other entities to help may be a way out of the fiscal situation and help them enhance and expediently move on the project? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Supplementary To Question 12-13(4): Status Of Funding For Co-op Credit Unions
Question 12-13(4): Status Of Funding For Co-op Credit Unions
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Kakfwi.
Further Return To Question 12-13(4): Status Of Funding For Co-op Credit Unions
Question 12-13(4): Status Of Funding For Co-op Credit Unions
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Mr. Speaker. To be very honest with you I find that I do not know where the preamble stopped and the question started. To be very honest I have no idea what the question is. I would have to ask for a very short summation of what the question is so I could try to answer it. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 12-13(4): Status Of Funding For Co-op Credit Unions
Question 12-13(4): Status Of Funding For Co-op Credit Unions
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Picco.
Supplementary To Question 12-13(4): Status Of Funding For Co-op Credit Unions
Question 12-13(4): Status Of Funding For Co-op Credit Unions
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the House has just come back and I have not had much experience asking questions for about a month so I beg the minister to bear with me. My question was, will the minister look at other ways and other entities of this government in cooperation with the credit union idea? For example, taking the Business Credit Corporation or the NWT Development Corporation and maybe combining those types of area of interest with the credit union idea maybe to help expedite the process of getting these credit unions up and running. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Supplementary To Question 12-13(4): Status Of Funding For Co-op Credit Unions
Question 12-13(4): Status Of Funding For Co-op Credit Unions
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Kakfwi.
Further Return To Question 12-13(4): Status Of Funding For Co-op Credit Unions
Question 12-13(4): Status Of Funding For Co-op Credit Unions
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Mr. Speaker, I would be pleased to take the question as raised by the member. I will take it into consideration, speak to my department about it and respond to the member, perhaps verbally, to save everybody a lot of time and work, about the merits of his suggestion. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 12-13(4): Status Of Funding For Co-op Credit Unions
Question 12-13(4): Status Of Funding For Co-op Credit Unions
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Erasmus.
Question 13-13(4): GNWT Review Of Royal Commission Report
Item 6: Oral Questions
November 26th, 1996
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Premier. Earlier today I spoke about the report that was completed by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People and I indicated that the report says that because of the poor educational levels of the aboriginal people in Canada, there is
lost productivity, lost income and lost potential taxes which bring the total cost to the economy of this unhealthy relationship with native peoples to $7.5 billion a year. Mr. Speaker, I would like to know if the Cabinet has had a chance to review the report yet?
Question 13-13(4): GNWT Review Of Royal Commission Report
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Premier.
Question 13-13(4): GNWT Review Of Royal Commission Report
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will ask the minister responsible for Aboriginal Affairs to answer the question.
Question 13-13(4): GNWT Review Of Royal Commission Report
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Antoine.
Return To Question 13-13(4): GNWT Review Of Royal Commission Report
Question 13-13(4): GNWT Review Of Royal Commission Report
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Royal Commission Report on Aboriginal People has just recently come out and there are quite a few volumes that we have to go through. As a result of that, the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs is reviewing these documents, after this is done we will prepare a position for the Cabinet to review. So, at this point in time, we do not have a response or a review of the total package. Thank you.
Return To Question 13-13(4): GNWT Review Of Royal Commission Report
Question 13-13(4): GNWT Review Of Royal Commission Report
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral question, supplementary. Mr. Erasmus.
Supplementary To Question 13-13(4): GNWT Review Of Royal Commission Report
Question 13-13(4): GNWT Review Of Royal Commission Report
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The department's officials must move fairly slowly. The honourable member for Yellowknife South says he has already read the whole report. I was wondering, once the staff has had a look at this and a position is presented to Cabinet, will this government take a position with the input of the ordinary members? Thank you.
Supplementary To Question 13-13(4): GNWT Review Of Royal Commission Report
Question 13-13(4): GNWT Review Of Royal Commission Report
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Antoine.
Further Return To Question 13-13(4): GNWT Review Of Royal Commission Report
Question 13-13(4): GNWT Review Of Royal Commission Report
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this Royal Commission on Aboriginal People report that came out, personally I think it is a very good report. It is long overdue. It covered a lot of the areas that are of great concern to all aboriginal people in Canada and, as a result of such an in-depth report, we would like to closely look at it. I think a lot of the different recommendations and issues that are addressed in the document itself, just looking at it preliminarily, are some of the things that we are endeavouring to do here in the Legislative Assembly, in terms of the Constitution, regarding division, regarding community empowerment, and self government and, especially, the inherent right to self government. And yes, we will have input from the ordinary members as we look at this document and put a proper type of response together on the position of the Government of the Northwest Territories. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 13-13(4): GNWT Review Of Royal Commission Report
Question 13-13(4): GNWT Review Of Royal Commission Report
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Question Period is over. Written questions. Written questions. Petitions. Petitions. Mr. Antoine.
Petition 1-13(4): Fort Simpson Community Centre
Item 8: Petitions
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have a petition here from Fort Simpson in regard to the community centre. It has 203 signatures from the citizens of Fort Simpson who say that the undersigned do petition this Legislative Assembly to permit the transfer of monies from the access road project to the community centre. I would like to table this. Thank you.
Petition 1-13(4): Fort Simpson Community Centre
Item 8: Petitions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Petitions. Reports of Standing and Special Committees. Tabling of Documents. Tabling of Documents. Mr. Kakfwi.
Item 10: Tabling Of Documents
Item 10: Tabling Of Documents
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following documents.
One, the Socio-Economic Agreement between the Government of the Northwest Territories and BHP Diamonds Incorporated, Tabled Document 1-13(4).
Second, the Implementation Protocol for the Environmental Impact Agreement between the Government of the Northwest Territories and BHP Diamonds Incorporated, Tabled Document 2-13(4).
Mr. Speaker, in addition I would like to table a letter written to myself as a member of the Legislative Assembly from the Town of Norman Wells in regard to the current discussions on A New Beginning: A Constitutional Package for Government of the New Western Territory, Tabled Document 3-13(4).
Thank you.
Item 10: Tabling Of Documents
Item 10: Tabling Of Documents
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Tabling of documents. Mr. Antoine.