Decision Not To Run In Next Territorial General Election  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I rise to get a message back to the people of Inuvik Boot Lake, my constituency, to inform them that I will not be putting my name forward in the next general election. After much thought about the future and the work that I’ve done with the people

Question 108-16(6): Increased Costs To Replace Bluefish Dam  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The confirmed budget with contingency is targeted now at $37.4 million.

Question 108-16(6): Increased Costs To Replace Bluefish Dam  When this project was first proposed there was an estimate given to the PUB as this project had to be filed through them as well. The targeted impact was in the neighbourhood of up to between 1.5 to 2 cents per kilowatt hour. So that was budgeted prior to any changes in the budge

Question 108-16(6): Increased Costs To Replace Bluefish Dam  Thank you. The approach that the Power Corp has taken on this project on a number of areas was to minimize the costs. For example, after going out for our fee, the corporation chose a contractor to negotiate the price down, because the one portion, the construction portion was hi

Question 108-16(6): Increased Costs To Replace Bluefish Dam  Thank you. The estimation of, for example, 2.5 cents per kilowatt hour will impact residents of about $17 a month. We know it is an increase. We’ve tried to minimize the overall construction costs. One of the things we’ve done with the contract is risk sharing, and that may be ab

Question 117-16(6): Summer Student Employment For The Executive And Daair  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We have one that is hired and two positions that are in the process of being filled within Executive. Within Aboriginal Affairs I have two working in the department and another P1 in the process, as well.

Question 117-16(6): Summer Student Employment For The Executive And Daair  The process that we use, number one is if there...and through the Department of Human Resources working through a number of categories and programs we have in place. For example, as individuals go through to college or university and they have specific training that could then be

Question 117-16(6): Summer Student Employment For The Executive And Daair  I believe we will be there this summer, with a total of five between the two departments.

Question 126-16(6): Increasing Summer Student Employment In The Regions  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thought I heard Public Works and Services or Transportation in his statement. It went on for a while, so I lost track. Seriously, though, the issue of student hires has been one that this government has pushed and worked with the Department of Human Re

Question 126-16(6): Increasing Summer Student Employment In The Regions  The issue with the health boards is that in trying to get the numbers, some have not been able to provide the additional numbers, so there may be some additional summer students out there that we’re not aware of. The other area is we’ve given them budgets to operate within and we

Minister’s Statement 22-16(6): 2011 Census And National Household Survey  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The time has come again where representatives from Statistics Canada have fanned out across the Northwest Territories to complete the national census. The Government of Canada is required to conduct a census of the population every five years. Historic

Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s an honour today to recognize Mandy Day, part of the Ingamo Hall Friendship Centre in Inuvik.

Question 91-16(6): Devolution Agreement-In-Principle  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The status at this point, although delayed by the federal election, there has been no formal negotiations. We have been working with the parties, northern parties that have signed the AIP, on a work plan. So that is where we are at this point. We expect th

Question 91-16(6): Devolution Agreement-In-Principle  Since the signing of the agreement-in-principle, we’ve taken a number of initiatives to get as much of the facts out to the public as we could. We did a householder, radio ads, as well as had meetings; for example, at the request of the Sahtu, travelled up there and had a meeti

Question 91-16(6): Devolution Agreement-In-Principle  The process that we’ve engaged in, and will continue to engage in, in bringing partners to the table is one where we’ve communicated prior to the signing of the AIP of a process. We looked at establishing a protocol; unfortunately, that wasn’t successful. Since the signing of t