Question 157-13(3): Communities' Spending Limit For Forest Fire Management  Mr. Speaker, I am also aware that three CANSOs are to be under contract for the firefighting season. I wonder if the Minister could tell me where those CANSOs will be based.

Question 157-13(3): Communities' Spending Limit For Forest Fire Management  Could the Minister tell me, if the communities do not wish to participate in this, what are the alternatives for the communities?

Question 157-13(3): Communities' Spending Limit For Forest Fire Management  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is in relation to the upcoming forest fire season and will be addressed to the Minister of Renewable Resources. I understand that Renewable Resources is in the process of developing guidelines to give communities increased authority to make dec

Federal Funding Allocated For Creation Of Nunavut  I would urge my fellow MLAs from Nunavut, when they meet with Mr. Irwin at the Nunavut Leaders' Conference in Arviat -- the home of my colleague, Mr. O'Brien -- at the end of the week, to tell Mr. Irwin that there are Members upset over this and we are determined that we get adeq

Federal Funding Allocated For Creation Of Nunavut  Right. Now, officials and representatives from the Nunavut area spent 20 plus years negotiating their agreements with the federal government to settle land claims, but also to talk about self-government for the people of Nunavut. This was achieved in concert with the federal gove

Federal Funding Allocated For Creation Of Nunavut  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to also, like Mr. Steen, speak about the funding that was announced for the creation of Nunavut. Let me say to start with that, in summary, the federal government is providing $150 million for the transition costs which we all know about, but

Question 151-13(3): Reason For Amalgamating Ed&t, Em&pr And Renewable Resources  I would just like to go back to the time frame question. I'm wondering if the Minister could be more definitive about the length of time that this might take.

Question 151-13(3): Reason For Amalgamating Ed&t, Em&pr And Renewable Resources  I wonder if the Minister could advise us if he will record or make a report on what each of the groups' responses will be to his meetings with him, and if we may get a copy of those reports.

Question 151-13(3): Reason For Amalgamating Ed&t, Em&pr And Renewable Resources  From what I understand the Minister is saying, he will personally be consulting with the various groups and interested parties. Could he advise us of what time frame he envisions this will take?

Question 151-13(3): Reason For Amalgamating Ed&t, Em&pr And Renewable Resources  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Economic Development and Tourism; Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources; and, Renewable Resources. The government is proposing the amalgamation of these three departments, and the Standing Committee on Resource Management

Question 144-13(3): Program To Measure GNWT Employee Morale  I still see a concern where there is no central body to handle the feedback. I am wondering if the Premier would consider initiating a direction. I guess I am repeating my question. I wonder if he would consider initiating a direction and perhaps creating a report to address what

Question 144-13(3): Program To Measure GNWT Employee Morale  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Since we don't have a central Personnel department, it raises a concern to me that employees don't have one agency in which to feed their concerns to the upper levels and similarly the management levels do not have an easy mechanism by which to feed infor

Question 144-13(3): Program To Measure GNWT Employee Morale  The fact that we don't have a central Personnel department is of concern because there is no central source in which employees can feed back or managers can feed down. I wonder if the Premier would consider initiating a direction whereby the Minister and deputy ministers can addr

Question 144-13(3): Program To Measure GNWT Employee Morale  I will rephrase my point in question. Does the government have a program to look at what level the employee morale is at? Will they address the mechanism employees have to address employee morale?

Question 143-13(3): Enforcement Of GNWT Staffing Policies  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I spoke earlier that my understanding is the level of morale amongst public servants is low in this government and there is a need for us to address this. It is an important resource that we have and one that if morale continues to be low, our policies and