Importance Of Transportation Infrastructure  I have a dream that the people of the Beaufort-Delta can walk hand in hand, or vehicle to vehicle, with people from the Sahtu and the Tlicho...

Importance Of Transportation Infrastructure  ...and Yellowknife.

Importance Of Transportation Infrastructure  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, Martin Luther King once said I have a dream. I, too, Mr. Speaker, have a dream. I have a dream that someday the residents of the Northwest Territories will be connected by a series of highways so we can be connected from coast to coast to c

Written Question 47-15(5): Resource Development Royalties  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Premier. Can you provide a summary of the amount of money from resource royalties taken from the Northwest Territories by the federal government in the past 20 years?

Question 300-15(5): Construction Of Mackenzie Valley Highway  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I understand the Minister said that it was the federal government's responsibility. We are not getting the answers that we should be getting from the federal government. We should be putting more pressure on them. Will the Minister commit his departmen

Question 300-15(5): Construction Of Mackenzie Valley Highway  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. One of the main users of the highway, if it is built, would be industry, the oil and gas industry, the diamond industry. Has industry ever been approached about contributing to a highway system? Thank you.

Question 300-15(5): Construction Of Mackenzie Valley Highway  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the construction of a highway down the Mackenzie Valley would benefit everyone. It would benefit all those living down the valley. It would benefit contractors. The contractors in the Northwest Territories have the capacity to build a high

Construction Of Mackenzie Valley Highway  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I'd like to speak on what we can do with our share of the revenue from our resources. ---Interjection ---Applause We speak all the time and we come out with these reports on corridors Canada, connect NWT. These are nice fancy reports.

Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Do we have anything on the go for Inuvik? Any prior commitments for Inuvik? ---Laughter No, I think that is a good idea. Like you said, take advantage of the winter roads. So I fully support something like that, but I do just want to say

Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, Minister, for that. That comes to $1,432 average per unit a year. That's a pretty good deal, if you ask me. The other question that I do have is with regard to all the programs that you have coming out this year. The public housing units,

Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, Minister, for that. So we're getting 253 units this year? Okay. That sounds like a good number. The one thing that I do want to comment on is the mortgage arrears. I think the Minister and his department are doing a good thing starting t

Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. I would like to thank the Minister and his officials for appearing before us. There has been quite a change in the last year with our relationship with the Housing Corporation. It seems to me like you are starting to listen to what we have to say, and w

Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. It is noted that since the review of the last main estimates, the Housing Corporation has been resourced to increase the number of employees involved in the development and acquisition of land to build housing units at both the headquarters and regional

Question 296-15(5): Resource Revenue Sharing Negotiations  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I continue to ask the Premier these questions. I think this is the kind of pressure we should be putting on Ottawa all the time and maybe they will...I would like to ask the Premier, how many people do we have dedicated to this file and are they in Ottawa

Question 296-15(5): Resource Revenue Sharing Negotiations  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the Premier for that. We do look forward to the good news coming down on March 20th. I would like to ask the Premier, he spoke a few times about some outstanding issues that are delaying the negotiations. Have we made any progress on the outstand