Question 240-14(6): Benefits Of Negotiated Contracts  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as work required by the government is identified, there are sometimes communities or individuals in communities that request consideration for contracts to be negotiated with them, sole source contracts. I can't tell you specifically the proc

Question 240-14(6): Benefits Of Negotiated Contracts  Mr. Speaker, yes. We do look at the community capacity and the unemployment, the economic situation in communities when considering issues like this. Thank you.

Question 240-14(6): Benefits Of Negotiated Contracts  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The government continues to hold those goals and objectives as its priorities. So we are still in support of trying to achieve and remove the inequities that are present in many of our communities. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Minister's Statement 46-14(6): Minister Absent From The House  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to advise Members of the House that the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment will be absent from the House for the remainder of the week to attend the Ministers of education and labour market meeting that is taking place in Halifax. Thank

Minister's Statement 42-14(6): Sessional Statement  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, four years ago we, the 14th Legislative Assembly, promised the people of the Northwest Territories that we would be ambitious and we would challenge the status quo and that we would work together to realize the full potential of our new territ

Question 225-14(6): Delay In Amendments To The Wildlife Act  Mr. Speaker, the Minister will consider that and, if it does not entail a significant amount of work, we would be prepared to provide that and table it in the House.

Question 225-14(6): Delay In Amendments To The Wildlife Act  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the suggestion was to proceed only when the agreement was with the Inuvialuit, as well as with the Gwich'in and Sahtu. Those claims have been settled. As to how they wanted the legislation to reflect the agreements that they have, specificall

Question 225-14(6): Delay In Amendments To The Wildlife Act  Mr. Speaker, I believe that the political direction from previous Assemblies as well as this Assembly was such that we cannot take a piecemeal approach to the Wildlife Act. We could not advance certain sections without giving comfort to all stakeholders, interest groups as well a

Question 225-14(6): Delay In Amendments To The Wildlife Act  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There is some consultation ongoing that hasn't been concluded. As well, there is a tremendous amount of drafting being done by people in legislation. So it is, as the Member is aware, a major piece of work and it does require some consultation before we p

Question 221-14(6): Update On Federal Health Funding  Mr. Speaker, it is the Cabinet and the Minister that have primary responsibility for proposing how dollars and resources are best used for health. At the same time, it is true that the Members are involved. The recent $8.6 million supplementary allocation late in the previous ye

Question 221-14(6): Update On Federal Health Funding  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the money that we were allocated from the recent First Ministers' meeting is what was allocated on a per capita basis. As Members recall, as a Premier, along with the premiers of Nunavut and Yukon, we rejected the notion that we should recei

Question 221-14(6): Update On Federal Health Funding  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Minister Miltenberger is chairing the meeting of the Ministers responsible for social services in Toronto. They are dealing with some of the programs that were announced in the recent budget such as early childhood development and it is not to do with hea

Question 221-14(6): Update On Federal Health Funding  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister of Health would be in a better position to answer that. As I understand it, it is work that is ongoing with the federal government. We have set up some process and assigned some officials to work with the federal officials over the next few w

Minister's Statement 40-14(6): Minister Absent From The House  Mr. Speaker, I wish to advise Members that the Honourable Michael Miltenberger will be absent from the House for the remainder of the week to attend the Ministers of Social Services meeting in Toronto. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Question 214-14(6): Bathurst Port And Road Environmental Review  Mr. Speaker, I would have to take that question as notice. Thank you.