Question O119-12(1): Emergency Response To Dangerous Spills  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to direct my question to the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs regarding his response on civil emergencies when he referred to the rangers and the Armed Forces on crashes and missing people, but my original question was with regard

Question O114-12(1): Terminology Workshops  Mr. Speaker, the reason I brought up this question is because the communities are not being consulted in the new terminologies. In order to implement the new terminology the communities have to be consulted. No one has been consulted with regard to the workshops. The new termi

Question O114-12(1): Terminology Workshops  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have not been approached on the new terminology. The elders have never been told what the new terminology is. In what ways is the new terminology helpful if people do not know them? In what way are they being implemented if it is only the interprete

Question O114-12(1): Terminology Workshops  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to direct my question to the Minister of Culture and Communications, Mr. Allooloo. Mr. Speaker, there are terminology workshops that have been going on in the communities, and these are workshops done by the translation/interpreter division

Institutional Violence Against Natives  Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and Members. I am heartened by a recent report of the Law Reform Commission of Canada which proposes a system of justice based on aboriginal traditions and beliefs for First Nations peoples. I believe that it is only through the establishment of these so

Institutional Violence Against Natives  Yes, Mr. Speaker.

Institutional Violence Against Natives  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Last Thursday I commented on the history of victimization of women of aboriginal decent. Men have been victims of racial hatred, too. Today I wish to talk about the role that Canadian institutions have played in perpetuating that victimization process.

Motion 31-12(1): Change In Voting Age For Elections In The Nwt  Mr. Speaker, just to mention to the Members that during our last territorial election -- I realize that students can vote by proxy when they are away from home, but a lot of students did not exercise that opportunity. In the event that this motion does pass, I would like to ask

Motion 31-12(1): Change In Voting Age For Elections In The Nwt  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am bringing this motion forward after much discussion with young people in my constituency and in the Western Arctic. The intent of the motion is to give more young people a voice in the important political decisions that will be made over the next few

Motion 31-12(1): Change In Voting Age For Elections In The Nwt  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to thank the Members too. Mr. Speaker: WHEREAS the voting age requirement in the NWT is 19 years of age; AND WHEREAS the government initiatives for the future will impact on all the young people of the NWT; AND WHEREAS at 18 years of age

Second Reading Of Bill 3: Adoption Of The French Version Of Statutes And Statutory Instruments Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to get unanimous consent to go back to Item 14 to deal with Motion 31-12.

Motion 29-12(1): Adoption Of Statute Roll, Third Volume, Carried  Mr. Speaker, my seconder is not in the House.

Motion 28-12(1): Custom Adoption  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Most Members received a newspaper called the "Lawyer's Weekly," and in September there was a case in British Columbia where the adoptive parents were claiming compensation for a child who was in an accident. The adoptive parents were in their 90s, but the

Motion 28-12(1): Custom Adoption  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. WHEREAS custom adoption has been a fact of life for aboriginal people in the Northwest Territories for hundreds of years; AND WHEREAS the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms recognizes existing aboriginal rights; AND WHEREAS case law in the Northw

Item 11: Tabling Of Documents  Mr. Speaker, I would like to table Tabled Document 24-12(1), a press release regarding a report entitled "Aboriginal Peoples and Criminal Justice - Equality, Respect and the Search for Justice" done by Dr. Gilles Letourneau. Thank you.