Minister's Statement 1-13(2): Sessional Statement  Further general comments to the Premier's statement. Mr. O'Brien.

Minister's Statement 1-13(2): Sessional Statement  General comments, Mr. Erasmus.

Minister's Statement 1-13(2): Sessional Statement  So we have agreement. We will open the floor to general comments. Are there any comments? Mr. Ootes.

Minister's Statement 1-13(2): Sessional Statement  If I have the agreement of the committee, I would like to suggest the process for consideration of this item would be for the Members to make general comments on the Premier's statement. Once all the Members who wish to make general comments have done so, I would allow the Membe

Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  I would like to call the committee to order. ---Applause On our agenda today is Minister's Statement 1-13(2) entitled Sessional Statement. I see some of the Members are calling for a break. Just before we go for a break, I would like to, for those of you who didn't read thr

Question 33-13(2): Amount Of Outstanding Rental Arrears Owed To GNWT  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to address my question to the Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation. I think that Mr. Dent told me that rental arrears owed to local housing authorities are not an eligible benefit any longer under social assistance. I think that

Question 30-13(2): Social Assistance Policy On Rental Arrears Owed To Lhas  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Actually, the supplementary is addressed to the Minister of the Housing Corporation, so I will leave it.

Question 30-13(2): Social Assistance Policy On Rental Arrears Owed To Lhas  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to address my question to the Minister of Health and Social Services. I would like the Minister to describe for me what his department's policy is with respect to the payment of rental arrears of social assistance clients who owe money to lo

Question 15-13(2): Subsidization Policy On Alcohol In Nwt  Supplementary question. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Is the price of alcohol standardized throughout the Northwest Territories regardless of the location at which it is sold? If so, I would like to know how much the Government of the Northwest Territories, how much of that budget f

Question 15-13(2): Subsidization Policy On Alcohol In Nwt  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'll be directing my question to the Minister responsible for the Liquor Commission. Based on some research that I had the research department undertake for me -- which indicated that per capita, residents of the Northwest Territories consume more alcoho

Item 5: Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to recognize in the gallery today, Mayor Jack Rowe from Hay River; Deputy Mayor Ray Young; councillors Rick Connors, Mansell Grey, Robert Bouchard, Dean McMeekan, and the longest-serving municipal councillor in the Northwest Territories, Coun

Environmental Review Panel Hearings  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I had a prepared text today for a Member's statement, but I've decided to diverge from that and wing it, so to speak, on another subject. I was at the Environmental Review Panel hearings just before I came here today, and a presenter went before the pane

Question 17-13(1): Colomac Mine's Point Of Departure  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question today is going to be addressed to the Premier, who is also responsible for the portfolio of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources. Hay River, as a community, had made quite a bit of effort and hard work in the last few years to try and attrac

Item 9: Replies To Opening Address  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In response to the Premier's statement and his remarks with respect to, and I'll quote, "and the fly-over economy of some who come here to remove resources needs to be challenged and managed in a manner that makes sure that northern residents benefit the

Motion 2-13(1): Appointment Of Premier And Executive Council, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. WHEREAS section 55(1) of the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act requires that there shall be an Executive Council of the Northwest Territories; AND WHEREAS Members of the Executive Council are appointed by the Commissioner on the recommendati