Minister's Statement 5-15(6): Greenhouse Gas Strategy  Mr. Speaker, later today, I will be tabling the revised Northwest Territories Greenhouse Gas Strategy. ---Applause In 2005, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources took a stakeholder review of the previous Greenhouse Gas Strategy released in 2001. This review reveal

Motion 20-15(5): Right To Water, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to start by commending the Members opposite for bringing this motion forward. I think not only this motion but the one prior, the motion on climate change. The two motions, Mr. Speaker, really can be looked at collectively because they are on

Motion 19-15(5): Climate Change, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, also I would like to convey my strong support for this motion in terms of what the GNWT can do to help with this issue that has some global interest, some global speakers such as Al Gore. Mr. Speaker, again, I recall a time when some elder

Mackenzie River Basin Summit  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, some time ago when I was in Tulita and listening to the elders speak on water and the climate change -- this was about 10 or 15 years ago -- Chief George Kodakin and Chief Paul Wright spoke on the things that were going to come down the valley

Shared Responsibility For Protecting Northern Water Resources  Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd also like to raise the issue of climate change and water here in the House. I'm aware that the general public and many Members of this House, note the direct correlation between these two very important issues facing northerners, Canadians, an

Changes To Northern Wildlife Resulting From Climate Change  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I want to talk about climate change and the impact it's having on our wildlife. Mr. Speaker, if you have lived in the North like I have for the past 25 years, you can't help but notice the changes in our climate. As a young boy in the early 1980s,

Question 361-15(5): Climate Change Action Fund Project  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I believe the Member is talking about a climate change action plan project that the department has undertaken. It's a joint study. The project began in 2004 and will conclude this year, 2007. The status of the project right now is that Dillon

Question 129-16(2) Deh Cho Bridge Project  Mr. Speaker, the direct benefits of the Deh Cho Bridge are undeniable. The economic advantage of this bridge is in lowering transportation costs. The cost of living is going to be reduced, as one organization, which is the Co-op, has indicated. It will bring down the cost of good

Support For Energy Savings And Sustainability Initiative  I am sorry that I didn’t hear you for the loud applause. In my short time here as MLA, we’ve talked much about energy, the environment and climate change. It is accepted that as human beings, we are hurting our house — our planet. Some say that we are destroying it. It is als

Question 63-16(2) Construction Of The Peel River Bridge  Mr. Speaker, the Member for Mackenzie Delta is correct in terms of the needed infrastructure across the Northwest Territories, especially the issue that he’s brought up. In the future I do see bridges across the Mackenzie, across the Liard, across the Peel, across the Great Bear.

Question 53-16(2) Proactive N.W.T. Strategy On Carbon Emissions And Climate Change  Mr. Speaker, the area of climate change, as the Member stated, is one that we had a discussion on, driven by the Council of the Federation of Ministers and Premiers. The Premier of British Columbia had hosted that climate change conference. We made a presentation on climate a

Question 53-16(2) Proactive N.W.T. Strategy On Carbon Emissions And Climate Change  We have done a number of things. Past governments have, for example, replaced old appliances with more efficient appliances, the way we build our homes, the construction techniques that we use for public infrastructure, as well as some of our own transportation infrastructure. Mr

Question 53-16(2) Proactive N.W.T. Strategy On Carbon Emissions And Climate Change  Thanks to the Premier for that response. It’s great to hear about those things, and I am sure our public will be on board to help out with those initiatives. I don’t want to cloud the issue of prevention or mitigation with adaptation. When we are spending money to change the wa

Full-Cost Accounting For G.N.W.T. Expenditures  In my third day in this House I raised the issue of full-cost accounting: accounting that looks at all impacts and considers environmental consequences. The Premier, at that time, agreed to look closely at full-cost accounting — a quite reasonable response — but apparently has no

Wind Energy Demonstration Project  Over the last several weeks, as the mercury slid to minus 40 or more, our homes and businesses were gulping fuel to keep us warm and cozy, unfortunately to the detriment of our environment. The indications of climate change are all around us — we see them throughout the North —