Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The region that I come from, Mr. Minister, has just as much to offer as the region of Yellowknife, if I can compare, your $375,000 for Reid Lake, Fred Henne, and Prelude Lake. You have $375,000, and for my region you only have $204,000. If you take off the Copper Inuit exhibit -- it is dismantled after a while -- why do you not just build a permanent visitors' centre or a little museum for our community --that will attract the tourists -- not dismantle it and use it only for the summer months?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have one more question for the Minister. Mount Pelly Park, in Cambridge Bay, I would like to know what is going to be happening on Mount Pelly? What do you plan to do up there?

Mr. Minister, I like this idea, but where are all these artifacts coming from?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Minister, I would like to know what is coming home that is worth $90,000 to Coppermine? What have we been missing all of these years?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, in Coppermine and Cambridge, the communities that I represent, I go to the co-op stores quite often just to browse around and compare prices between the Bay and the co-op. I always wander around and end up in the carving section of both stores. It really disturbs me when I look at the soapstone carvings that are on display and for sale that are not from our region. We get them from all over the region, except our local carvers and I find it very disturbing. We have our own carvers and yet -- I think your department should make an effort to help carvers find a quarry and establish a quarry and then haul these stones into Coppermine or Cambridge and that, in turn, will generate much-needed employment and develop our own carvers from our own region. Being new in this Assembly, I would like to see how I could assist the people who I represent to generate more income and employment.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Minister, when I went home after the past sitting I was on the same plane as the new economic development officer for Coppermine. He just went in last month. I find it kind of, not appalling but kind of disturbing to find out that he comes all the way from Newfoundland. I wonder if there is any coincidence between the Department of Personnel -- the superintendent of the economic development officer is also from Newfoundland. I wonder if we are going to see any kind of improvement in our fishing industry?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to ask the Minister; why has there not been any kind of economic development coming into the Kitikmeot Region, particularly Coppermine?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to ask this question of the Minister. Rehab/expand air terminal building, Coppermine. I notice there are prior years' costs of $100,000. To my knowledge, Mr. Minister, I do not see any improvement worth $100,000 to our present air terminal building in Coppermine, other than two brand new posters, and they cannot be worth $100,000.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to take this opportunity to add my words of praise to the Government Leader's for the new Deputy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories. Mr. Speaker, there are a great many reasons for selecting Helen Maksagak of Cambridge Bay as the Deputy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories. She has been very active in church groups. She ran a successful foster home with her husband, John, for many years. She is a member of the social assistance appeal committee, the housing association, the drug and alcohol board of directors, and many, many other support groups.

Helen Maksagak is also a very warm human being who treats each and every person with compassion and makes them all feel very special. But, the most important reason why I think Helen Maksagak is a wonderful choice forDdeputy Commissioner is that she is my aunt.

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