Question O200-12(2): Support For Native Canadians As A Distinct Society  Mr. Speaker, at the Toronto conference three weeks ago, all of the aboriginal leaders, with the exception of the Native Council of Canada, made arguments in principle that all the aboriginal people across Canada support Quebec in its aspirations to protect itself as a distinct so

Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Yes, I was speaking to the motion. This is my preamble. Now this particular motion is getting very specific about what I would say is not unimportant, not insignificant, but it really can be seen as a very small part of an enormous task that we are going to jointly define. We

Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Mr. Chairman, I am, I guess, a little bit puzzled by the behaviour of some of the ordinary Members, in that they have been complaining all week about not feeling that they are involved in a grand plan of how to approach implementing changes or recommending changes. We have, I th

Question O192-12(2): MLA Involvement In Changes To The Plebiscite Question  Mr. Speaker, I wonder how extensively we can go into these questions, because it is an issue that is in front of the committee of the whole. The plebiscite direction proclamation is tabled and is presently on our agenda in committee of the whole. I do not mind continuing here,

Question O192-12(2): MLA Involvement In Changes To The Plebiscite Question  Mr. Speaker, the general conditions under which most political leaders of the Western Arctic have indicated they would support division have been fairly consistent and fairly clear since 1980-81. Those conditions were that the constitutional future of the residents of the wester

Question O192-12(2): MLA Involvement In Changes To The Plebiscite Question  Mr. Speaker, when I did these interviews yesterday, I remembered about 11:00 last night -- I guess it sort of hit me that I never finished the last part of the sentence on two occasions during the interview. In the interview I started out really well... ---Laughter ...that tec

Question O185-12(2): Strategy For Sale Of GNWT Staff Houses  Mr. Speaker, the future of these units, if they are not purchased by the present people living in them, we will be addressed in the long-term housing strategy that we hope to have for you in June. It will be considered and addressed at that time, I hope.

Question O184-12(2): Allowing Non-residents To Purchase GNWT Staff Houses  No, Mr. Speaker.

Question O181-12(2): Disposal Of GNWT Staff Houses  Mr. Speaker, the offer is to sell 49 units in Fort Smith to the people who are living in those units. If they choose to accept the offer, we will proceed to complete a sale. If they choose not to purchase these units or negotiate some way to lease-purchase, then they can contin

Question O178-12(2): Sale Of Staff Housing Limited To Three Communities  Mr. Speaker, this announcement is just indicating that at this time this is what we are prepared and feel comfortable with initiating and following through on. We are not at the stage where we are comfortable with addressing the situation in the smaller communities, but we will

Question O178-12(2): Sale Of Staff Housing Limited To Three Communities  Mr. Speaker, the overall approach on what we are going to do with government staff housing in the Northwest Territories is going to be addressed in June when we bring out our long-term housing strategy. In the meantime, we have decided that it is probably the least disruptive to

Question O176-12(2): Sale Of Staff Housing Units In Fort Smith  Mr. Speaker, I believe that might be confused with the original sale of units that happened last year. At that time the criterion for providing an offer to sell units in some communities was that it must be to employees who have been employed by the government for five years. T

Question O176-12(2): Sale Of Staff Housing Units In Fort Smith  Mr. Speaker, the main intent is to get the government out of providing housing in these larger centres. It is not geared toward making it a benefit to employees. It is to get us out of owning government units that are defined as stand-alone units.

Question O176-12(2): Sale Of Staff Housing Units In Fort Smith  Mr. Speaker, if a government employee lives in one of these units, they will receive a letter from us, probably tomorrow, notifying them that they can purchase the unit if they are interested.

Question O176-12(2): Sale Of Staff Housing Units In Fort Smith  There are 49 units.