Question 30-17(3): Aboriginal Policing Program Opportunities  Would the Minister be willing to, once the youth go through this program, have this youth be working in a regional centre and taking one of the regular members and putting him into a community where there is no RCMP officer presence right now? Would the Minister be willing to b

Question 30-17(3): Aboriginal Policing Program Opportunities  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister mentioned that there is a second program here for those aged 19 to 29 to see if they would be willing to enter this program. Should he not get any response in that second program, would the Minister be willing to use that funding to offset any

Implementation Of Recommendations From GNWT Reports  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wanted to touch on in my Member’s statement today about the experience I’ve had since I’ve been in this Assembly. It’s been quite the eye opener in terms of reading reports, interacting with Ministers and with the government. There are a lot of things th

Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. At this time I would like to recognize Brian Desjardins, who is a long-time friend and who did great work in tourism up in Inuvik and he’s doing it now across the Northwest Territories and he does a really great job. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Question 17-17(3): Recommendations Contained In Youth Conference Report  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m just following up in regard to my Member’s statement. With the Forging the Future Youth Conference reporting, 42 youth from across the Northwest Territories got together last summer and they came up with a bunch of recommendations and talked about all

Question 17-17(3): Recommendations Contained In Youth Conference Report  There are two specific recommendations. One is for an end goal of getting a treatment centre that’s culturally sensitive with multicultural staff, trained professionals, unique treatment plans for youth, adults and elders, as well as a recovery support program, something that we

Question 17-17(3): Recommendations Contained In Youth Conference Report  As recognized, this was an initiative put on by the former Minister and Premier. I just wanted to ask the Premier if he’s willing to continue working on such a document and such a very strong initiative with our youth leaders in this government to continue on such a great project

Question 17-17(3): Recommendations Contained In Youth Conference Report  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Youth is always a priority; however, it did not get on the document for our caucus priorities, which I made a Member’s statement early on in the government about committing to the youth that we’re still going to work in their best interests. It’s nice to h

Written Question 1-17(3): Shelter Policy Review – Proposed Seniors Rent Scale  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation. 1. Would the Minister please provide a list of the communities that were consulted in the shelter policy review? 2. Would the Minister please indicate which community g

Inuvik Gas Crises  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I’d like to do my Member’s statement on a critical situation that we find ourselves in in Inuvik. It’s the gas situation. I’ve had conversations with certain Ministers over this and we are working hard to find a solution in Inuvik and we’re looking a

Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, would like to recognize the mayor of Inuvik, Denny Rodgers, and Chief Jim Antoine, who both have been strong role models for leaders across the Northwest Territories.

Question 4-17(3): Regional Addictions Treatment Centres  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just want to have a question for the Minister of Health today. In our Caucus priorities, we mentioned enhancing addiction treatment programs using existing infrastructure. Last year during the Forging the Future Youth Conference, they recognized as the n

Question 4-17(3): Regional Addictions Treatment Centres  Last session I asked and got a written question asking for buildings in three of the northern communities, Fort Simpson, Norman Wells and Inuvik. I only received the one for Inuvik and that is a start for this government to move forward to look at these three buildings that can b

Question 4-17(3): Regional Addictions Treatment Centres  With that said, we’ve got the buildings in Inuvik, we’ve got the O and M costs. In one of our previous sessions we passed a motion to look at the Old Crow model for programs, which is similar to any community across the Northwest Territories. We’ve got the programs, we’ve got the

Question 4-17(3): Regional Addictions Treatment Centres  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. With the tabling of the document this session, when can we start seeing some action put on that document so that people in the Northwest Territories have an idea of when they can start seeing some services in the communities and in the Northwest Territorie