Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Taking off on the statements that the Members for Hay River South and Kam Lake made, I would like to say a few things that the Ministers across the floor have done that I am not happy with either.
Mr. Speaker, first, let me start with Minister Miltenberger. Thus far, he spent three years studying the Supplementary Health Benefits Program and he is asking for some more time. So many of his projects are under study. I think that we need to keep him in his job for at least 10 more years before we see any kind of results.
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Mr. Speaker, secondly, the Minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation has, thus far, not heeded any of my suggestions or outrage to revisit the second phase of the market housing initiative, even though the department has not provided any compelling evidence to suggest that we should move on to the second phase. In fact, Mr. Speaker, the Minister is actively pursuing the possibility of buying out all of the trailers that the oil companies bring up. I think he is going to change the name of NWT to NWT Trailer Park.
Mr. Speaker, thirdly, I can speak to all the nasty things that Minister Floyd Roland said in his budget about the poor people who can't get off their butts to get a job in this booming economy. I know he has been going through many briefings from the experts and the NGOs in communities to see the new light on the matter.
Mr. Speaker, Minister McLeod dared to give a permit to the Yellowknives to do a seismic study within the Yellowknife boundary, without giving a notice to the city government. For that, I think his head should roll.
Mr. Speaker, fifthly, I have made it clear how displeased I am with the way Minister Bell has created 22 new jobs in the department at a cost of almost $3 million a year, even though, for years, we have been asking for more money for the tourism industry and all sorts of things we talked about.
Mr. Speaker, I have a whole list of things to say about the Premier, but I don't have enough time today.
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And, of course, Mr. Dent. Anyhow, for that, all the heads should roll. I understand this is a tough job and the debate will continue. I expect the Ministers to pull up their socks and do a better job. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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