Minister's Statement 69-24(6): National Aboriginal Day  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to speak about an important day to all aboriginal people and Northerners, June 21st, National Aboriginal Day. Last year was the first time that National Aboriginal Day was celebrated as a statutory holiday in the Northwest Territo

Tabled Document 73-14(6): Support Manufacturing  Mr. Speaker, on behalf of Minister Antoine, I wish to table the following document entitled Supporting Manufacturing and Value Added Industries in the Northwest Territories: A Report by the Northwest Territories Business Advisory Panel, December, 2002. Thank you.

Tabled Document 72-14(6): Status Of Women Council Of NWT Annual Report 2001-2002  Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document entitled Status of Women Council of the Northwest Territories Annual Report 2001-2002. Thank you.

Question 318-14(6): Government Sponsored Insurance Programs  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will take that question as notice.

Item 4: Returns To Oral Questions  Mr. Speaker, I have a return to oral question asked by Mr. Lafferty on March 11, 2003, regarding the Bathurst port and road project environmental review process. The Department of RWED is funding this review and shares your concern regarding the impact on the people of the North

Minister's Statement 61-14(6): Response To The Special Committee On The Review Of The Official Languages Act  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to update Members on the government's plans for addressing the recommendations put forward by the Special Committee on the Review of the Official Languages Act in its report, One Land, Many Voices. First of all, I would like to

Minister's Statement 59-14(6): Report From Western Premiers  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, for the past two days, I have been away meeting with my colleagues at the Western Premiers' Conference which was held at Kelowna, British Columbia. Before I left, I indicated to you there were three issues of particular importance to our gove

Item 5: Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery  Mr. Speaker, I rise as the humble husband of Marie Wilson to recognize our friends Bob and Menna Weese of Toronto. Both are former senior civil servants having served the governments in Saskatchewan, Ontario and the federal government. Bob is currently director for intergovernmen

National Seniors' Week  Thank you. Mr. Speaker, I just wanted to share something on a personal side. My father-in-law who has been coming here to the North since 1982, he came to Fort Good Hope in the middle of the winter, he's been here, Hay River, Fort Providence, Fort Simpson. We've taken a river tr

National Seniors' Week  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is National Seniors' Week and as a Member of the Legislature for the Sahtu, I wanted to add a few comments as well. In our language, in the particular dialect of Fort Good Hope, the word for elders or seniors is denehisha, which means somebody held i

Minister's Statement 50-14(6): Western Premiers' Conference  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I will be attending the Western Premier's Conference in Kelowna, British Columbia, starting Monday night, for Monday and Tuesday, along with the Premiers of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nunavut and Yukon. The Northwest

Question 250-14(6): Capital Planning Process Ratings Criteria  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. When we provide funds and support to communities we try to follow certain criteria and priorities. Without being explicit, I believe that certain services and facilities such as health services would receive higher priority than others that are considere

Question 250-14(6): Capital Planning Process Ratings Criteria  Mr. Speaker, I must admit I don't really understand the question. If there are communities that have no government assets, then where it is deemed that they qualify or are in need of certain assets, then our job is to make plans to provide those required assets through our budge

Question 250-14(6): Capital Planning Process Ratings Criteria  Mr. Speaker, no we have not. The capital planning process I thought was a process that the best effort was to get MLA input and support. We launched a new process. We've met with some criticism, but we are continuing to make the best efforts to meet the needs of the communitie

Question 240-14(6): Benefits Of Negotiated Contracts  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. No, we have not done such a study or review.