Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am working on a couple that I am hoping to bring forward during the life of this sitting. I wouldn't want to mention them right now, they are in the works and something that I hope to get support of the other Members to help promote and encourage people to stay and live in the Northwest Territories. I appreciate the Minister's comments and look forward to working with him on ways we can achieve this. Thank you.
Debates of Feb. 22nd, 2005
This is page numbers 1433 - 1476 of the Hansard for the 15th Assembly, 3rd 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.
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Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Brendan Bell Yellowknife South
Thank you. Well, let me say the Member has certainly piqued our curiosity as to what those might be and we look forward to discussions with committee on those issues and I think that that is the right approach to take. We do have to be creative, we do have to sit down and discuss the kinds of things that we can do as a government and as a territory to ensure that benefits do stay in the North. I am appreciative that the Member agrees that we really need to focus on that approach as to a proposed protectionist one. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
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The Chair Kevin A. Menicoche
Thank you, Mr. Bell. Mr. Ramsay, thank you. Page 11-19, strategic initiatives, operations expenditure summary, $4.730 million.
Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair Kevin A. Menicoche
Page 11-22, strategic initiatives, grants and contributions, $1.291 million.
Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair Kevin A. Menicoche
Page 11-27, economic development, operations expenditure summary, $23.920 million.
Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair Kevin A. Menicoche
I will start over with page 11-27. Economic development, operations expenditure summary, $23.920 million.
Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair Kevin A. Menicoche
Okay, I am going to try again. I am having a hard time reading it. Economic development, operations expenditure summary, $23.920 million.
Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair Kevin A. Menicoche
There you go.
---Laughter
Page 11-29, economic development, grants and contributions, grants, total grants, $652,000. Mr. Braden.
Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
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Bill Braden Great Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a detail here. Satisfy my curiosity, if you will, Mr. Chairman. Under the area here, I see that we are continuing to put $5,000 into the area of humane trap development, which are grants to inventors working on the development of humane trapping devices.
In a CBC News article this morning, there is a discussion on, I believe it was Sachs Harbour, where an RWED officer was conducting a training course in that community; where I guess there is quite a good potential harvest of white fox this year, and there was a discussion about getting out and using old leg hold traps.
I was just wondering, Mr. Chairman, on one hand I know that our government had participated over a number years and international programs to eliminate leg hold traps.
They certainly seem to be not as humane as some of the newer models. It seems to be something we are promoting and yet there was a discussion where we wanted people to use these old leg hold traps, if they were available. Can the Minister advise, do we have a policy or any other laws or restrictions about the use of these older, more cruel ways of trapping and killing animals? Thank you.
Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Brendan Bell Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I apologize, I don't have the benefit of having seen the piece that the Member is referring to, but I can assure the Members that we wouldn't be encouraging people to use old, outdated, less humane trapping equipment. In fact, we have had a trap replacement program in place over the last several years and we are replacing and upgrading equipment and ensuring trappers have the most humane equipment available.
We are funding research at the Vegreville facility in Alberta, to ensure that there is continual development in this area. It is important for us not to run afoul of our international agreements, especially with the EU, a very important market for our furs, and we want to ensure that borders stay open. The only way for us to do that is to assure the EU that we are in fact complying with provisions of humane trapping and so this is of utmost importance to us, to ensure that we continue to do that and is a departmental priority. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair Kevin A. Menicoche
Page 11-29, Economic development, grants and contributions, grants, $652,000.