GNWT Employee Morale  Good morning, Members. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to speak today about employee morale amongst the public service. In large organizations, employee morale is the subject of ongoing attention and devotion by the senior managers. We know how hard it is to keep up employe

Item 15: Tabling Of Documents  Mr. Speaker, I wish to table Tabled Document 28-13(3); a number of letters I received regarding the proposal to choose a new name for the Western Territory. The letters in the package are from W R Powless of Yellowknife, Bruno Jaurnell of Yellowknife, Erik Watt of Yellowknife, on

Item 6: Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to recognize a constituent of mine, someone who is a great volunteer in the community and who volunteers for storefront and mental health; Kathryn Youngblut. --- Applause

Winners Of The NWT Regional Science Fair  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. During this past winter, Yellowknife schools held science fairs. This past Monday, a regional science fair was held at the William MacDonald Junior High School where the winners from the individual school fairs were able to demonstrate their science proje

Item 13: Tabling Of Documents  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table Tabled Document 26-13(3), a number of letters I've received from the Northwest Territories business community regarding their opposition to the proposed transfer of occupational health and safety programs to the Workers' Compensation Board.

Item 10: Petitions  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table two petitions. I would like to present a petition dealing with the matter of the transfer of occupational health and safety to the Workers' Compensation Board. Mr. Speaker, Petition No. 10-13(3) contains seven signatures and, Mr. Speaker, t

Concerns Expressed At Yellowknife South Constituency Meeting  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to state that 1, like many other non-aboriginal people, are supportive of many of those aspirations of the aboriginal people. However, my constituents hear statements that Cabinet is developing protocol agreements with aboriginal leaders, yet

Concerns Expressed At Yellowknife South Constituency Meeting  Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to conclude my statement.

Concerns Expressed At Yellowknife South Constituency Meeting  Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and good afternoon, Members. I held a constituency meeting earlier this week and I'm taking this opportunity to tell Members what my constituents told me; what seems to be uppermost in their minds. Those at my meeting were a cross-section of business peop

Bill 3: Forgiveness Of Debts Act, 1995-96  Does that mean that FMBS is the ultimate one that does the chasing on these accounts?

Bill 3: Forgiveness Of Debts Act, 1995-96  I just heard Mr. Todd say that most of these are dealt with through the different agencies in the government. Does that mean each particular department is responsible for its collection?

Bill 3: Forgiveness Of Debts Act, 1995-96  Have these particular ones that we're writing off today been pursued by the collection agency?

Bill 3: Forgiveness Of Debts Act, 1995-96  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I wonder if I could get an answer to my question about whether the government uses a collection agency.

Item 13: Tabling Of Documents  Mr. Speaker, I wish to table Tabled Document 21-13(3), a letter sent to all Members of the Legislature with regard to the transfer of occupational health and safety to the Workers' Compensation Board demanding that the transfer be stopped immediately and that a thorough public re

Item 13: Tabling Of Documents  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table Tabled Document 19-13(3), 23 letters from the NWT businesses requesting that a public review and an actuarial review be made prior to the consideration of the proposed transfer of occupational health and safety to the Workers' Compensation