Question O42-12(1): Total Review Of Department Of Social Services  It is interesting how comments change from day to day, Mr. Speaker. On Monday the Minister indicated, "I think the Member will be pleased with the direction we are going in." So what is the direction he plans to be going in?

Question O42-12(1): Total Review Of Department Of Social Services  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is directed to the Minister of Social Services. The day before yesterday I asked the Minister whether he felt the Department of Social Services needed a total review. He made comments last summer that he would review the department with a fi

Question O40-12(1): Minister Of Youth  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Government Leader who the Minister of Youth is.

Question O34-12(1): Time Frame For Implementation Of Beatty Report  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am trying to basically tie down a time frame as to when we can be looking at this. I would like to ask the Government Leader, in the event that the House does decide to continue sitting into next week, will she be able to give us a specific time frame

Question O34-12(1): Time Frame For Implementation Of Beatty Report  I would like to ask the Government Leader when she plans to bring this forward to cabinet and when would she be able to advise Members of this House as to the time frame we are looking at.

Question O34-12(1): Time Frame For Implementation Of Beatty Report  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Government Leader. At the ordinary Members caucus we discussed concerns in regard to the Beatty report, as we have been doing in the House. There has been some indication in respect to a strategy being formulated for implementation

Plea Bargaining  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I want to address an issue of concern with respect to the justice system. The concern I would like to speak about is what the courts sometimes call plea bargaining. I would like to give an example of the outcome of a plea bargaining i

Ministers' Statement 2-12(1): And Tabled Document 3-12(1)  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, I will reserve my further comments or questions until we actually get into the document. I cannot stress the importance of how the expectations of the public level are, and how unready some communities may be in wanting to take over these responsibilitie

Ministers' Statement 2-12(1): And Tabled Document 3-12(1)  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I guess further comments in respect to the report itself. When I looked over the report -- I do not know if it is appropriate now or if we are just on general comments, that we will get into the actual document of the report to question some of the reco

Ministers' Statement 2-12(1): And Tabled Document 3-12(1)  Thank you. I just basically wanted to know what type of support this government intends to give regional councils in light of the report that we have received, "Strength at Two Levels?"

Ministers' Statement 2-12(1): And Tabled Document 3-12(1)  Thank you. Mr. Chairman, I would like to make comments with respect to the "Strength at Two Levels" report. In reviewing the document, Mr. Chairman, I found, I believe, some errors in the document. I will point out some of those areas as we go through the document in more deta

Ministers' Statement 2-12(1): And Tabled Document 3-12(1)  Mr. Chairman, I would like to know if the Government Leader is able to advise us who is on the implementation committee? What is the implementation consisting of?

Ministers' Statement 2-12(1): And Tabled Document 3-12(1)  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Can the Government Leader advise us as to who is on the implementation committee? Do they have a time frame as to when they can give this House the strategy they want to look at implementing in respect of some of the recommendations?

Ministers' Statement 2-12(1): And Tabled Document 3-12(1)  Mr. Chairman, is that the same with respect to all the programs dealing with education, employment and culture into one department, in addition for POL to be under the NWT Power Corporation, and Government Services taking the Department of Public Works? Will all this proposed re

Ministers' Statement 2-12(1): And Tabled Document 3-12(1)  Mr. Chairman, I just wanted to ask the Government Leader with respect to some of the comments in her statement. She indicated, on the second page, consolidating the Department of Health and the Department of Social Services into one department in order to improve co-ordination a