Motion 30-12(1): Small School For The Settlement Of Kakisa  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I agreed to move this motion even though it is not in my own constituency, Mr. Speaker, because for a large part of my life I was a professional educator, and there were always problems in determining how far you could go in providing the services to peop

Motion 30-12(1): Small School For The Settlement Of Kakisa  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to move the following motion: WHEREAS the present education structure in Kakisa is a resident trailer with the porch serving as a classroom; AND WHEREAS the desire of the people of Kakisa is for a two-classroom unit which could accommodate

Motion 26-12(1): Contribution To The NWT Council For Disabled Persons  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have pointed out in the past that many people throughout the city -- and I know that this happens right throughout the Northwest Territories --are called on to provide a lot of their own time and resources in order to provide the social services that a

Motion 26-12(1): Contribution To The NWT Council For Disabled Persons  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to move the following motion: WHEREAS the NWT Council for Disabled Persons provides advocacy and services for disabled persons throughout the Northwest Territories; AND WHEREAS the council depends heavily on the use of local volunteers and

Item 12: Notices Of Motions  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Wednesday, December 18, 1991, I shall move that the Legislative Assembly approve terms of reference for the special committee on constitutional reform established by Motion 17-12(1).

Praise For Minister Of Social Services  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to congratulate my former colleague on this side of the House, Mr. Whitford, for the tough stand that he took last week in refusing to divulge information which was of a confidential nature; also to maintain cabinet solidarity in the face of

Motion 25-12(1): Establishment Of A Tax Reform Commission, Removed From Order Paper  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The seconder of this motion, Mr. Gargan, is not in the House. Can I still proceed?

Question O88-12(1): Free Condoms From Department Of Health  In view of this new climate of restraint that we find ourselves in, has the Minister any plans to extend various free services that that department has provided to the public in the past?

Question O88-12(1): Free Condoms From Department Of Health  I am very impressed that the supply is low because that means it has been a very successful service, Mr. Speaker. ---Laughter My supplementary question is to the same Minister, in his new role as the Minister of Health. Will he continue to play the same role as he has played f

Question O88-12(1): Free Condoms From Department Of Health  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to Mr. Whitford. We are all aware that many health centres that we visit give gifts; for instance, I go to my dentist and he gives me a toothbrush sometimes. I would like to ask the Minister of Health, in his new portfolio, whether he int

Motion 24-12(1): Serving Of Alcohol At Government-sponsored Functions  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to support this motion, bearing in mind that throughout the Territories this has been identified as a problem, and we all know that there is an unlimited demand for free service. The government has even found this itself. If you give it for

Item 11: Tabling Of Documents  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to table Tabled Document 13-12(1), An Act to Amend the Liquor Act. This is a bill which I tried to introduce in 1988. It will provide enabling legislation so that an individual, anywhere in the Territories, who wants to do it with the appr

Question O86-12(1): Minister's Plan To Develop An Economy In The Nwt  The previous Minister for Economic Development and Tourism indicated that there were three ways in which we could really increase wealth here. We could do it, as the Minister has pointed out, through tourism; we could it through arts and crafts; and we could do it through renewa

Question O86-12(1): Minister's Plan To Develop An Economy In The Nwt  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We seem to forget very soon that we have identified the economy as probably the huge problem that we have never really resolved, and we now have a new Minister for Economic Development. The previous Minister of Economic Development identified a plan, a s

Question O76-12(1): Progress On Rewriting Education Act  I will try the same question again, Mr. Speaker. Would the Minister confirm, based on the information that has been collected on the delivery of education, that people are generally satisfied that it should continue to be delivered through what have been called divisional boards