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Frederick Blake Jr.

Frederick Blake Jr. Mackenzie Delta

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to do my statement today on the Inuvik-Tuk highway. I’d like to thank the leaders of the Mackenzie Delta for their lobby efforts to build the road from Inuvik to Tuk. I’d also like to thank the Conservative government for their commitment to build the Inuvik to Tuk highway. I would also like to thank the 17

th Legislative Assembly and my colleagues here today for making the Inuvik to Tuk highway our number one priority for this government.

Mr. Speaker, let’s get ‘er done.

The Speaker

The Speaker Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Blake. The Member for Monfwi, Mr. Lafferty.

Jackson Lafferty

Jackson Lafferty Monfwi

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. [Translation] Today I’d like to talk about the Pages that are here to help us. We have two, Amber Beaverho. That is one of the Pages from Gameti; and another one, Krischan Smith. They are both from Whati community. And Alfred Beaverho, who is their supervisor. I would like to say thank you to those Pages and all the other Pages that have been here helping us through our session at this time. Thank you.

The Speaker

The Speaker Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. I, too, would like to recognize my two Pages: Ms. Natalja Westwood and Mr. Tyson Klengenberg from Ulukhaktok. I’d like to thank them and all our Pages for doing a good job all this week, for working all the long hours, just like the Members, and making sure you’re taking care of the Members. Thank you all, Pages.

Item 4, returns to oral questions. Item 5, recognition of visitors in the gallery. The honourable Premier, Mr. McLeod.

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Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery

Yellowknife South

Bob McLeod

Bob McLeod Premier

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize some ladies here from the Status of Women Council of the Northwest Territories. Starting with Lorraine Phaneuf, executive director; Tina Gargan, president, representing the Deh Cho region; Georgina Jacobson-Masuzumi, Beaufort-Delta. We also went to school together way back when. Doris Camsell, representing South Slave; Su-Ellen Kolback, vice-president, from the North

Slave; Samantha Dechief, community development coordinator; Annemieke Mulders, program and research manager.

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The Speaker

The Speaker Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mrs. Groenewegen.

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Jane Groenewegen

Jane Groenewegen Hay River South

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d also like to recognize my constituent, Mrs. Doris Bonnetrouge-Camsell, also originally from Fort Providence. I have known Doris for many, many years and I always appreciate her advice and her support over the years.

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The Speaker

The Speaker Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Yakeleya.

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Norman Yakeleya

Norman Yakeleya Sahtu

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I also want to recognize the Native Women’s Association. Of course, your mother. I also want to recognize my wife. Every day in my house is women’s day and international day for me. It’s just that sometimes I don’t get her flowers, so I’m sorry.

I also want to recognize her sisters, Cecile Deneyoua and Doris Camsell. My colleague recognized her, so welcome to the House.

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The Speaker

The Speaker Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Menicoche.

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Kevin A. Menicoche

Kevin A. Menicoche Nahendeh

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. It gives me great pleasure to recognize a student and teacher from Fort Liard who is here in Yellowknife to build leadership skills in the community. I’ve got Mr. Ross Duntra, Mr. James Duntra, Mr. Derek Kotchea, Ms. Kali Norn and she was just here serving as a Page, Mr. Speaker, and I think she’s after my job.

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I encourage her to continue. There’s Ms. Precious Hope and the Fort Liard teacher, Mr. Olly Williams. I will be happy to speak with you on our break here. Thanks for coming.

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The Speaker

The Speaker Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Mr. Nadli.

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Michael Nadli

Michael Nadli Deh Cho

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize Her Worship Mayor Tina Gargan and also the following former residents of Fort Providence, Doris Camsell, Cheryl Bonnetrouge and Cecile Deneyoua. Mahsi.

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The Speaker

The Speaker Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Nadli. Mr. Hawkins.

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Robert Hawkins

Robert Hawkins Yellowknife Centre

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, wish to acknowledge Her Worship Tina Gargan. We’ve been friends since we were kids, and when we were kids she showed leadership qualities, and clearly she’s demonstrating the ones we could always see. I’d like to thank her for coming today. I believe we have two constituents from Yellowknife Centre, Lorraine Phaneuf and Annemieke Mulders. I’d like to welcome them both. Thank you.

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The Speaker

The Speaker Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Like I always say, it’s always so good to see our youth when they come to the capital to take in our proceedings. Mr. Menicoche said it perfectly, you are our future, stay in school and keep doing what you’re doing. I’d like to welcome all visitors in our public gallery. Thanks for taking an interest in our proceedings here today in the House.

Item 6, acknowledgements. Colleagues, I’m going to call a break.

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The Speaker

The Speaker Jackie Jacobson

Welcome back, Members. On the orders of the day we have item 7, oral questions. The honourable Member for Weledeh, Mr. Bromley.

Bob Bromley

Bob Bromley Weledeh

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources in follow-up on my Member’s statement on the 21

st of February and some

questions then.

I believe it was two weeks ago today that I described the stalled effort to create an independent oversight body to watchdog the Giant Mine Remediation Project. I pointed out there were six drafts of an oversight discussion paper and eight drafts of an environmental agreement. The work is dead in the water and the working group hasn’t met since August.

On February 21

st the Minister committed to direct

his department and encourage our federal partners to get the work going. Nothing has happened. What has the Minister done on this and when will the working group be contacted and called together again? Mahsi.

The Speaker

The Speaker Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. The honourable Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Mr. Miltenberger.

Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Minister of Environment and Natural Resources

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We’ve taken that discussion in the House. The Member also put in written questions that we are looking at responding to. We are having the discussions. Once we’re through this budget process, we’ll be able to pay more attention to the matters of the day. I have been thoroughly occupied here in the House, so there hasn’t been a lot that’s happened out of my office other than the initial contact with the department at this juncture. Thank you.

Bob Bromley

Bob Bromley Weledeh

I will await the Minister getting in gear. Since the close of the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review public hearings, the board has taken the uncommon step of opening up the public record again with the request to the

developers – that’s us – for further information on the plan to dump toxic waters into Back Bay. Apparently the board is determined that the project proposal contains insufficient information to make wise decisions on this dilution of pollution solution.

Can the Minister update us on our activities to provide this solution and whether we will push to have this project element removed in favour of complete water treatment if the results prove unsatisfactory? Thank you.

Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Minister of Environment and Natural Resources

Thank you. The Member has quoted a number of technical issues at some length and I don’t have it before me. So I will get in gear and I will take that question as notice. Thank you.

The Speaker

The Speaker Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. The Member for Sahtu, Mr. Yakeleya.

Question 212-17(4): Support For Seniors
Oral Questions

March 7th, 2013

Norman Yakeleya

Norman Yakeleya Sahtu

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In my Member’s statement I talked about the elders’ wisdom and their discussions with me and I want to ask the Minister responsible for Seniors regarding helping out elders in our small communities. It seems that the elders are really in need of some tender loving care and I want to ask the Minister are there any type of discussions within his department, with his colleagues to review looking at the role of the Minister responsible for Seniors and put some real dollars behind that department? Thank you.

The Speaker

The Speaker Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. The Minister for NWT Seniors, Mr. Beaulieu.