This is page numbers 241 - 272 of the Hansard for the 13th Assembly, 7th Session. The original version can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website or by contacting the Legislative Assembly Library. The word of the day was chairman.

Supplementary To Question 93-13(7): Grade Extension Policy
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Mr. Miltenberger.

Further Return To Question 93-13(7): Grade Extension Policy
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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

Yes, I would, Mr. Speaker.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Oral questions. Mr. Erasmus.

Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. To follow up on the grade extensions, Mr. Speaker, some years back I had an opportunity to attend the Thebacha Campus in Fort Smith and take the business administration program. The courses that you could take were very limited. Two years later, I went to Lethbridge University. I took the same program but I could take all kinds of different courses. I had a very good selection of courses to take, better qualified teachers with masters, some with doctorates, whereas there had not been any in Thebacha College. I am not saying that is the case with the teachers, that they are better qualified.

However, I certainly see the similarity in the types of courses that they are able to offer in a small school in relation to some place like Yellowknife or even Fort Smith or Hay River, the larger schools. What I would like to know is, do we fund the Western Arctic Leadership Program in any way? Thank you.

The Speaker Samuel Gargan

The Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Miltenberger.

Return To Question 94-13(7): School Extension Programs
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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Western Arctic Leadership Program has been existence for, I believe, almost eight years and was started by my colleague, Mr. Kakfwi, when he was Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. Yes, we do provide some funding to the Western Arctic Leadership Program to the tune of, I believe, $165,000 per year. Thank you.

Return To Question 94-13(7): School Extension Programs
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Oral questions. Supplementary. Mr. Erasmus.

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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Would the Minister indicate how many students go through this leadership program per year?

Supplementary To Question 94-13(7): School Extension Programs
Question 94-13(7): School Extension Programs
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Mr. Miltenberger.

Further Return To Question 94-13(7): School Extension Programs
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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I believe the number this year is 17. It ranges anywhere from about 14 to 19, depending on how many apply.

Further Return To Question 94-13(7): School Extension Programs
Question 94-13(7): School Extension Programs
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Oral questions. Supplementary. Mr. Erasmus.

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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North

Mr. Speaker, could the Minister indicate if the leadership program children are able to take a full range of courses such as you could find perhaps in Yellowknife and perhaps even maybe more than what you could take in Yellowknife or one of the larger centers? Thank you.

Supplementary To Question 94-13(7): School Extension Programs
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Mr. Miltenberger.

Further Return To Question 94-13(7): School Extension Programs
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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the students in the Western Arctic Leadership Program attend school at P.W. Kaeser High School in Fort Smith and access the same educational courses that are open to all the other students in Fort Smith.

Further Return To Question 94-13(7): School Extension Programs
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Oral questions. Final supplementary. Mr. Erasmus.

Supplementary To Question 94-13(7): School Extension Programs
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Why is the Minister condoning a second-rate education for the rest of the community children out there and making it available for only a very select few students, less than 20 per year? Thank you.

Supplementary To Question 94-13(7): School Extension Programs
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Mr. Miltenberger.

Further Return To Question 94-13(7): School Extension Programs
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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am not condoning second-rate education for anybody. Thank you.

Further Return To Question 94-13(7): School Extension Programs
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Oral questions. Mr. Morin.

Don Morin Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question would be to the Premier, just to finish up the questioning I was asking earlier. As the Premier heard in my Member's statement, it was good to hear that the Premier said that one of the main priorities of this government is to keep what we have and commit to work with the communities. In my Member's statement, Mr. Speaker, I talked about all the knowledge and the tradition and the culture going back in Fort Resolution on the sawmill. I ask the Premier again, is that a priority of this government to work with communities such as Fort Resolution, with the existing labour and the existing equipment in that community, to ensure that that community becomes economically viable and that industry survives in the new Western Territory? Thank you.

The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Mr. Premier.

Return To Question 95-13(7): Fort Resolution Sawmill Industry
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh

Yes, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the situation in Fort Resolution in regard to the sawmill has been there for many years, and the people are dependent on the sawmill to put food on the table and gain employment. Certainly, we would like to continue to work with the community to make sure that this industry continues into the future. What we are attempting to do is, I think the Minister responsible has already contacted the chief and had some discussion with him in regard to the future of the sawmill. I think these talks are ongoing. The intention here is that we have to continue to work with the community to make sure that this whole industry survives and keeps on providing employment for the community. Thank you.

Return To Question 95-13(7): Fort Resolution Sawmill Industry
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Oral questions. Supplementary. Mr. Morin.

Supplementary To Question 95-13(7): Fort Resolution Sawmill Industry
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is good to hear the Premier's commitment to the community of Fort Resolution. Also, I would just like to tell this Legislative Assembly, as well as the Premier, the community is totally committed to making this operation viable. Later on today, Mr. Speaker, I will be tabling the business plan in this House that was prepared by the NWT Development Corporation in conjunction with the community of Fort Resolution.

But also, Mr. Speaker, can the Premier advise myself if it is the practice, or can it be the practice of your Ministers, when you do have senior management going in to talk about the future of the economic well-being of any one of our communities and when you are talking about the major economic job provider in the community, that they can have at least the decency and the common courtesy to inform the MLA that their deputy minister is going into the community? Thank you.

Supplementary To Question 95-13(7): Fort Resolution Sawmill Industry
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Mr. Antoine.