Motion 15-15(4): Treatment Of Addictions, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, will be supporting this motion. Growing up in Inuvik in the early '70s, we saw a lot of alcohol abuse going on. Everybody here probably has seen it at some point in their lives. Now we see some of these people who were abusing alcohol decide to s

Question 458-15(4): Determining Need For Addictions Treatment Centres  Thank you again, Mr. Speaker. But boards and agencies are not frontline workers and they push a lot of government paper. I want to ask the Minister if he would commit to consulting with the frontline people, not boards and agencies, that are on the ground to see if they need a

Question 458-15(4): Determining Need For Addictions Treatment Centres  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Dr. Chalmers worked in those communities, but she hasn't lived in those communities most of her life. So the people there, again I say, they know what they need in the Beaufort-Delta. Speaking to experienced social workers and their opinion is that Beaufor

Question 458-15(4): Determining Need For Addictions Treatment Centres  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm sure Dr. Chalmers is fully qualified to write reports. But when you have the Gwich'in Tribal Council wellness manager and the chair of the Inuvik Interagency both disagreeing with the Minister's comments, and they live there, and they know what's need

Question 458-15(4): Determining Need For Addictions Treatment Centres  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in the March 10th edition of the Inuvik Drum, the Minister was quoted as saying "...when we demonstrate we have the facilities that would be fully used and we don't need any southern resources, then I'll be happy to move on with this project..

On-the-land Addictions Treatment Programs  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in the North, we have had to deal with addictions for many years, from glue sniffing to the crack cocaine epidemic today. Harder drugs, I am told, are starting to find their way into the hands of our residents. Mr. Speaker, the single bigge

Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The last question I'll ask is, it was mentioned before that a lot of these campgrounds and that are contracted out, but I'm assuming that we still look after the upgrades and the O and M on these campgrounds; they're not part of the contract. Thank you.

Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I was looking at all these parks here and we have $2.7 million going into some repairs and upgrades, yet I see nothing here from the Beaufort-Delta or along the Dempster Highway. Is there a particular reason that they were left out of the loop? Thank you.

Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a question for the Minister on the positions into Yellowknife headquarters. I notice there is an increase of eight positions. Everyone else has stayed the same. That was my point before. There were too many positions going into headquarters. I w

Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks to the Minister. The $473,000 in the Community Harvesters Assistance Program, that looks like it is administered by the local wildlife committee so people would apply to these wildlife committees. How many committees would make up the $473,000? Al

Committee Motion 24-15(4): Recommendation To Establish An Interpretive Centre At Chan Lake, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Chair. As I was saying before, I am in full support of any programs that go to help people still trying to live traditional lifestyles. I have a couple of questions, though; $345,000, I am glad to hear the Minister say that the actual might be higher. The progra

Committee Motion 23-15(4): Recommendation To Review Transferring The Contract Registry To Fmbs, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Before I spoke to the sub-office that was going to be in Inuvik with the two positions, as many Members know, I have spoken to this issue a number of times. I have spoken to my disagreement with Inuvik not having the bulk of the pipeline positions. I ha

Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. I am glad to have a few opening comments or general comments on ITI. It is a very important time right now in the history of the Northwest Territories with all of the resource development that is going on. I believe ITI is going to have a big role to pl

Question 449-15(4): Standards For Emergency Medical Services In The Nwt  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thanks to the Minister again. So the Minister, from my understanding, is committed to and is coming out with a paper that will ensure that all the ambulance services in the Northwest Territories follow the same set of standards and that will be territory-

Question 449-15(4): Standards For Emergency Medical Services In The Nwt  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the Minister for that. I understand that the contracts are signed with the local authorities. I would like to ask the Minister if there is someone in his department to monitor these contracts to see that they are all following standard requiremen