Yes, Mr. Chairman. In terms of the tourism officer again and hiring on the additional worker in the area of the management of the park area that I hope we will see something shortly in the Sahtu region in terms of someone in our own backyard so we have that type of training, benefit. I have a person in my mind right now. Because we can't name names here, I'm going to keep it with myself and I'll send a note over to the Minister. Thanks again, Mr. Chairman, for your leniency in terms of committee's rules here. I'm going to ask the Minister when we can expect a designated person that would help out, because our Sahtu region is about 120,000 square miles, big land, lots of cover. I think his department has done a wonderful job in terms of supporting the Canol Trail in terms of that becoming a world-class tourism area, so I want to continue his support with his staff and give all my support to headquarters to continue on that initiative here. It's a real gem in all the work that we have done in the Sahtu region. Thank you.
Debates of Oct. 26th, 2006
This is page numbers 493 - 532 of the Hansard for the 15th 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 tourism.
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Brendan Bell Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I agree that it is a gem, and we have felt for some time that we hadn't done enough work there in order to make this park a reality, and that's why we've stepped up the efforts here. I appreciate the support of the Member. We have asked the committee to identify some candidates for us. I can certainly tell the Member that I envision the successful candidate I certainly hope will be a beneficiary who knows the area well. I think that's in everybody's best interest, so that's what we're aiming for. Thank you.
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Norman Yakeleya Sahtu
Mr. Chair, the tourism officer's position, this one here is going to be key in many successes of tourism in the North here and I hope that some of the work that's going to be looked at is the importance of hooking up with key leadership, key people in the region, looking at the significance and the cultural, spiritual area of our land, and really getting a good sense of it. I think some of it we had this summer in terms of walking the 54 miles this summer, that we had a real good sense of the cultural, the spiritual component of people in the Sahtu, and the youth really appreciated that trail and the significance of our elders in terms of how they use that portion of the land. I know, Mr. Bell, I think you may be looking forward to the trip next year and getting a taste of it, as an earlier commitment has been made in the House here. But I think a tourism officer is going to be a real key person, and I hope we provide as much support as possible in this area here because it's going to be a key...I'm losing my train of thought here, so I'm going to leave it at that, Mr. Chair, and continue on with the bill. Thank you.
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The Chair David Ramsay
Mahsi, Mr. Yakeleya. I didn't hear a question there. I'm going to move now to Mr. Pokiak.
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Calvin Pokiak Nunakput
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just want a clarification regarding appointment of a tourism officer. Will they be employees of ITI, or can you just take somebody off the street and appoint them as a tourism officer? Thank you.
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Brendan Bell Yellowknife South
Mr. Chairman, the people exist and are employed by the government currently, so there is a tourism officer in the Inuvik region, a very good one. One with a lot of experience and one who we've used in a number of other roles to help train other officers and help do a lot of work in tourism for us as a government. He was very much involved in our Expo work in Japan. So you're very well served in that region. Thank you.
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The Chair David Ramsay
Thank you, Minister Bell. Back to clause by clause. We are on clause 16, committee.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.