Question 16-15(5): Membership On The Public Utilities Board  That was a long way to say no. Mr. Speaker, initially they did live in the Northwest Territories, but they no longer live in the Northwest Territories. The point I am trying to make is people who live in the Northwest Territories should be the people who are sitting on this boar

Question 16-15(5): Membership On The Public Utilities Board  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions today are for the Minister of the Public Utilities Board, Mr. McLeod. I'd like to ask the Minister if there's any residency requirements to sit on the Public Utilities Board according to the act? Thank you.

Membership On The Public Utilities Board  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, living in the Northwest Territories, we have always had to live with the high cost of living. That is just one of the prices we pay for being up here. Recently, Mr. Speaker, the Public Utilities Board approved a rider increase that has lead

Item 5: Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in the early '70s, not too many people knew where the Northwest Territories was. A group of skiers started travelling all over the world and people, after that, realized where the Northwest Territories was. We owe them a great deal of thank

Stewardship For Future Generations  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, on May 24th at 12:17 p.m., an event happened that changed my life forever. That event, Mr. Speaker, was the birth of my very first grandchild. ---Applause My grandson was born to my daughter Kim and her husband, Raymond. What this has to

Question 505-15(4): Medical Ground Transportation Services  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I stated when I opened my questioning, that I wasn't looking for anyone to blame, I was just looking for some answers so we can come up with some type of solution. In speaking to the family members of the lady that had the trouble, you know, they're a

Question 505-15(4): Medical Ground Transportation Services  Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thanks to the Minister for that. When I speak of on-the-ground transportation I'm usually referring to all of them because they all, as far as I'm concerned, are linked. So there's 147 new positions going into the government and there's 98 of them in

Question 505-15(4): Medical Ground Transportation Services  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, for the past few days I've been speaking on the travel with medical travel and I've paid particular interest to the case of a lady from Inuvik who had experienced some difficulty while being transported in a taxi. My intent, Mr. Speaker, is

Item 6: Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am honoured today to recognize my wife, Judy, up in the gallery... ---Applause ...and my sister-in-law, Debbie. Welcome. ---Applause

Searching For Answers To Constituents Concerns  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have titled my Member's statement today, What do I Tell Them? Sometimes in our duties as MLAs we receive many questions from constituents on the way our government does business. What do I tell them, Mr. Speaker, when the decisions in atti

Question 494-15(4): Medical Travel Policies And Procedures  Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thanks to the Minister for a little clearer answer. I agree with the Minister that coordination is a big part of it. I wasn't questioning sending the patients south to the city, my questions were based on sending people to Yellowknife and that seems

Question 494-15(4): Medical Travel Policies And Procedures  So the authorization came from the Minister, he states. So I'd like to know, who gave the Minister his direction. Did he consult with the regions? I think that to say the decision came from him, I'd like to ask, then, who did the Minister get his direction from? Thank you.

Question 494-15(4): Medical Travel Policies And Procedures  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'm not questioning the medical care that patients receive once they get to the hospital. You know, we have one of the best medical systems in the world. But my colleagues and I, and it's an argument that we've had for a long time, it's the

Medical Travel Policies And Procedures  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, recent events regarding a resident of Inuvik, who was travelling to Yellowknife for medical reasons, has lead me to question how patients are cared for when they arrive in Yellowknife. Is there any communication, Mr. Speaker, between the regi

Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Yakeleya was saying before, if someone said, come down here for when we first come down here, the first people that meet us at the door is Mr. Clerk and his staff really help us to be able to do our duty here and they keep us in line, as Mr. Speaker doe