Minister's Statement 7-15(6): Sessional Statement  Mr. Speaker, as this Legislative Assembly is in the final year of its mandate with an election scheduled for this fall, it seems like an appropriate time to take stock of our work to date. In particular, I want to speak about some of the major initiatives we have moved forward o

Committee Motion 27-15(4): Recommendation To Delete $491,000 From Department Of Finance, Fiscal Policy, Defeated  Yes, I do, Mr. Chairman. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is requesting a total of $54.7 million for the 2006-2007 fiscal year, an increase of 2.6 million dollars, or five percent, for the 2005-2006 Main Estimates. The proposed main estimates reflect the co

Minister's Statement 4-15(6): Energy Plan  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, later today, I will be tabling the Northwest Territories energy plan. ---Applause This plan provides a comprehensive roadmap to guide and supply GNWT decisions regarding the development, generation, and use of energy in the Northwest Territ

Motion 23-15(5): Support For Work Of The Inuvik Caribou Summit, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. WHEREAS the caribou are a precious natural resource, a gift to all northerners, and are essential to aboriginal life and cultures; AND WHEREAS the caribou are among the last and largest free-roaming herds of animals on the Earth; AND WHEREAS all northe

Committee Motion 48-15(5) Establishment Of A Boards And Agencies Review Unit, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I have a tax-related question as well. It pertains to offsetting costs that we know are currently there and that are going to get greater. I am specifically referring to the costs as they related to greenhouse gas emissions, to coming emiss

Committee Motion 48-15(5) Establishment Of A Boards And Agencies Review Unit, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I, as well, wanted to comment on the macroeconomic initiative and the perspective that I have on this particular issue and to provide that comment as well as identify some of the areas that I am assuming would be included in the final policy. In my mind

Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the International Polar Year officially started March 1st of this year and the plan is to run for two years. It's a two-year program of science research and education focussed on Arctic and Antarctic regions. We have been working with the feder

Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Yes, I do, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I am pleased to present the proposed main estimates for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The department is requesting a total of $57 million for the 2007 fiscal year, an increase of about four percent from the previous year.

Motion 20-15(5): Right To Water, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Because the directions from the motion are to the Legislative Assembly, then this side of the House will have a free vote on this issue. Mr. Speaker, let me just make a few comments. One is that, yes, we do often take water for granted in our environme

Motion 20-15(5): Right To Water, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am happy to stand and join hands together on this motion, Mr. Speaker. Seriously, this is a very important statement that we are making in this House and I believe a formal motion like this is not one to be taken lightly. It is a stand and a strong pos

Motion 20-15(5): Right To Water, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. WHEREAS water is essential to life, and constitutes a fundamental human right; AND WHEREAS this right includes access to water bodies for purposes of harvesting, travel and navigation, and mechanisms to prevent or seek redress for any action that may a

Motion 19-15(5): Climate Change, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Because this motion is a recommendation for the government to take action, Cabinet will not be voting on the motion. Mr. Speaker, I want to assure all Members that, in our view, the issues, the challenges of climate change are real. That there isn't any

Motion 19-15(5): Climate Change, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I also would like to speak in favour of the motion. I think that though we need to say that it is a call to action, it's not enough to be just a clich‚ that we're going to save the planet and do our part, we need to do something. We need so

Motion 19-15(5): Climate Change, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, for the vast majority of Canadians and people of the world, the debate about whether climate change is happening is over. We are moving into the more constructive discussion of what do we do in the short term to anticipate and adapt to the ch

Motion 19-15(5): Climate Change, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am very pleased to have the opportunity to move this motion on climate change that we see before us here today. I think it's imperative that the government is shown to be a leader in developing changes for climate change, necessary measures to reduce o