Thank you, Mr. Nitah. The honourable Minister responsible for Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.
Debates of Feb. 27th, 2002
This is page numbers 203 - 236 of the Hansard for the 14th Assembly, 5th 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 communities.
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Supplementary To Question 90-14(5): Northwest Territories High School Graduation Requirements
Question 90-14(5): Northwest Territories High School Graduation Requirements
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Further Return To Question 90-14(5): Northwest Territories High School Graduation Requirements
Question 90-14(5): Northwest Territories High School Graduation Requirements
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The examinations are developed by the Province of Alberta and they are consistent with the western provinces. Yes, if the student passes those exams then the student graduates. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 90-14(5): Northwest Territories High School Graduation Requirements
Question 90-14(5): Northwest Territories High School Graduation Requirements
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Supplementary To Question 90-14(5): Northwest Territories High School Graduation Requirements
Question 90-14(5): Northwest Territories High School Graduation Requirements
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Steven Nitah Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My understanding of that curriculum is that you only need to pass 50 percent of the Alberta curriculum to obtain a grade 12 certificate. I want to bring the issue back to my constituent who has to pay $20,000 out of his own pocket so that his children can be brought up to par with their age group in Alberta when they have to pay for a private school. Would the Minister be willing to pay that tag? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Supplementary To Question 90-14(5): Northwest Territories High School Graduation Requirements
Question 90-14(5): Northwest Territories High School Graduation Requirements
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Tony Whitford
Thank you, Mr. Nitah. The honourable Minister responsible for Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.
Further Return To Question 90-14(5): Northwest Territories High School Graduation Requirements
Question 90-14(5): Northwest Territories High School Graduation Requirements
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am not sure, we have diverted here from some questions on graduation requirements to whether we would be interested in paying for some students which I believe the honourable Member, Mr. Nitah, referred to earlier as were judged to be below grade level. Mr. Speaker, no we cannot. We have a school system whereby our students can enter and participate in our school system. If they are below grade level, there may be various reasons for that and I cannot judge that at this point, Mr. Speaker.
Further Return To Question 90-14(5): Northwest Territories High School Graduation Requirements
Question 90-14(5): Northwest Territories High School Graduation Requirements
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Tony Whitford
Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Deh Cho, Mr. McLeod.
Question 91-14(5): Harmonization Of Social Housing And Income Support
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 26th, 2002
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Michael McLeod Deh Cho
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister responsible for Housing. Since the beginning of the Fifth Session on February 19th there have been many questions on the issue of the proposed harmonization implementation. The Minister has stated that he is prepared to re-evaluate the communication strategy. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister if he would table the information package with the proposed plans for implementation during this session? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Question 91-14(5): Harmonization Of Social Housing And Income Support
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Tony Whitford
Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Minister responsible for Housing, Mr. Allen.
Return To Question 91-14(5): Harmonization Of Social Housing And Income Support
Question 91-14(5): Harmonization Of Social Housing And Income Support
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Roger Allen Inuvik Twin Lakes
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Prior to tabling the documents I would like to advise the Member that we are taking the joint position paper back to Cabinet for final approval. Thank you.
Return To Question 91-14(5): Harmonization Of Social Housing And Income Support
Question 91-14(5): Harmonization Of Social Housing And Income Support
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Supplementary To Question 91-14(5): Harmonization Of Social Housing And Income Support
Question 91-14(5): Harmonization Of Social Housing And Income Support
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Michael McLeod Deh Cho
Mr. Speaker, I am not really clear what that means, but I would like to ask the Minister then, can I count on that information being tabled during this session? Thank you.
Supplementary To Question 91-14(5): Harmonization Of Social Housing And Income Support
Question 91-14(5): Harmonization Of Social Housing And Income Support
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Tony Whitford
Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Minister responsible for Housing, Mr. Allen.
Further Return To Question 91-14(5): Harmonization Of Social Housing And Income Support
Question 91-14(5): Harmonization Of Social Housing And Income Support
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Roger Allen Inuvik Twin Lakes
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Just to verify my previous answer, there was a question as to whether we would be willing to defer the communication strategy and implementation until October 1st and we concurred to that. We want to take the position back to Cabinet to confirm that. Yes, if it is passed through Cabinet, I am prepared to table that prior to the conclusion of this sitting. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 91-14(5): Harmonization Of Social Housing And Income Support
Question 91-14(5): Harmonization Of Social Housing And Income Support
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Tony Whitford
Thank you, Mr. Minister. No further supplementary. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Hay River South, Mrs. Groenewegen.
Question 92-14(5): Beverage Container Recycling Legislation
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Jane Groenewegen Hay River South
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions today are for the Minister responsible for Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. I would like to know what the status is of legislation on container deposits. There is a lot of talk about our environment and I think that the North is quite far behind other jurisdictions in terms of protecting our environment through initiatives for recycling. One of the deterrents to recycling is the fact that there has not been a policy in place for container deposits and I would like to know the status of any legislation from this government on that. Thank you.
Question 92-14(5): Beverage Container Recycling Legislation
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Tony Whitford
Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. The honourable Minister responsible for RWED, Mr. Antoine.
Return To Question 92-14(5): Beverage Container Recycling Legislation
Question 92-14(5): Beverage Container Recycling Legislation
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there is a lot of support for a deposit and refund beverage container recovery program here in the Northwest Territories. As a result of that and with our own research, as a government we are proposing a recovery program and business plan that we would like to forward to Cabinet. Following that, if it is acceptable, then we would be developing a legislative proposal regarding new waste reduction and recovery legislation. Hopefully, we will have something within the next month available for Cabinet to consider. Thank you.
Return To Question 92-14(5): Beverage Container Recycling Legislation
Question 92-14(5): Beverage Container Recycling Legislation
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Supplementary To Question 92-14(5): Beverage Container Recycling Legislation
Question 92-14(5): Beverage Container Recycling Legislation
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Jane Groenewegen Hay River South
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, if the Cabinet supports this, how long might it be before legislation will be in place that would allow people to begin to collect these containers that now go into our land fill sites in our communities? Thank you.
Supplementary To Question 92-14(5): Beverage Container Recycling Legislation
Question 92-14(5): Beverage Container Recycling Legislation
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Tony Whitford
Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. The honourable Minister responsible for RWED, Mr. Antoine.
Further Return To Question 92-14(5): Beverage Container Recycling Legislation
Question 92-14(5): Beverage Container Recycling Legislation
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, if it is acceptable, and I think it will be, we would like to have something going to Cabinet by March. Following that, depending on how things go through the processes that we have to work with, hopefully we will have something as soon as we can, in a matter of months. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 92-14(5): Beverage Container Recycling Legislation
Question 92-14(5): Beverage Container Recycling Legislation
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Supplementary To Question 92-14(5): Beverage Container Recycling Legislation
Question 92-14(5): Beverage Container Recycling Legislation
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Jane Groenewegen Hay River South
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Also on this subject of recycling, some communities have shown an interest in the availability of blue boxes so that people can put their recyclable items in different containers than what their regular household garbage goes in. Is there any support from this government for communities wanting to initiate such a program, any financial support? I know it was raised in Hay River and there was a desire to do this, but it takes some capital to get it off the ground. Thank you.
Supplementary To Question 92-14(5): Beverage Container Recycling Legislation
Question 92-14(5): Beverage Container Recycling Legislation
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Tony Whitford
Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. The honourable Minister responsible for RWED, Mr. Antoine.