Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you. Then I would assume that it's incumbent upon yourselves to try to expedite and manifest a quicker turnaround time. I'm just trying to suggest to you perhaps you would speak to the Department of Justice to see if they could be more accommodating to the process, rather t

Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'd be remiss if I didn't raise a point in follow up to the Member for Hay River North in regard to the lands section which manages the Commissioner's land in accordance with the Commissioner's Lands Act and the Territorial Lands Act and prepares land dis

Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. The committee would like to continue the consideration of Bill 1, with a recommendation that we review and conclude the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs and the Department of Justice, in that order. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Question 94-15(3): GNWT Rent Scale Policies  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Then I would ask the Minister, based on his pro forma statement he introduced yesterday during Committee of the Whole, based on his operation expenses in excess of $35 million and rent recoveries only in the neighbourhood of $2.9 million, would he introdu

Question 94-15(3): GNWT Rent Scale Policies  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Then would the Minister interpret the precise wording of this letter to me in the context of assessing seniors' rent? Thank you.

Question 94-15(3): GNWT Rent Scale Policies  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Under legislative rules to last administer a fee, in his statement back to me he says significant change that seniors' households will now be assessed rent, thus the question is raised again to the Minister, is he willing to or is he planning on introduci

Question 94-15(3): GNWT Rent Scale Policies  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Regrettably the Minister is so ideologically married to the old doctrines of this government that he is not willing to consider a change from a rent geared to income to a more levelized kind of rent scale that we so advocate here to help the people adjust

Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. I wasn't going to comment on the flat rent scale rate, but I kind of got dragged into the debate here, Madam Chair. If you really look at the cost effectiveness of housing in the Northwest Territories you really must look at your pro forma income stateme

Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Earlier we received concurrence from the committee that we would progress on to the review of the NWT Housing Corporation, and I would recommend that we would continue with reading the reports into the record. Thank you.

Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. The committee recommends that the committee review the Department of Transportation and also the NWT Housing Corporation until concluded. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Written Question 10-15(3): Bill Of Intent To Achieve Provincehood  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My written question is to the Justice Minister. On March 16, 2004, I delivered a written question to the Premier asking the Premier to provide an in-depth political analysis of those sections of the Constitution Act, 1982 that would give rise to the qu

Question 80-15(3): Attendance At Pipeline Environmental Review Meetings  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My final question to the Minister then is would his department take a more proactive approach in trying to help educate the smaller communities in trying to adjust to some of these environmental processes? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Question 80-15(3): Attendance At Pipeline Environmental Review Meetings  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is regrettable that they didn't have an observer at the meeting because it is important. I think it is also important that the Minister table in this House an example of the socioeconomic framework agreement that these working groups can use as a tool

Question 80-15(3): Attendance At Pipeline Environmental Review Meetings  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On the context of my Member's statement, I too want to ask the Minister of RWED whether he can confirm that he had a departmental official designated as an observer to the environmental assessment impact workshops in Yellowknife on March 22nd to 24th. Th

Support For The Land-based Economy  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In today's economic environment, the heading in any major newspaper could read "Land-based Economy in Conflict with Commerce-based Economy." Mr. Speaker, during the last few days, a workshop was held at the Northern United Place between members of the no