Question 221-13(3): Final Report On Affirmative Action Review  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister responsible for the FMBS. Could the Minister indicate to this House when the final report on the affirmative action review will be tabled in this house? Something we've all been waiting for with bated breath. Thank you.

Mackenzie River System  Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and to the Borg collective. --- Laughter These developments have serious implications for the Mackenzie Basin. If someone in Alberta or BC is pouring poison into our river, it is eventually going to show up on our doorstep here in the North. In order to

Mackenzie River System  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Here in the North, there is water everywhere. In the West, we all live in the Mackenzie River Basin. Most of us take our rivers and lakes for granted. They provide us with wetlands for our birds and mammals. We use the rivers for transportation and generat

Bill 11: Appropriation Act, 1996-97  Thank you, Madam Chair. Would this type of organization be considered in other areas where there is definite development impact; say, Lac de Gras with the Dogrib people, or other areas in the North where they are looking at other kinds of mining developments? Would the department

Bill 11: Appropriation Act, 1996-97  Could the Minister indicate if this is still a functioning committee or is it just on the books? Are they doing anything constructive?

Bill 11: Appropriation Act, 1996-97  Thank you, Madam Chair. I have a question to the Minister about the development impact zones contributions. How many of these are still in existence and where are they?

Question 216-13(3): Utilization Of Collection Agencies By GNWT  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The role of the Business Credit Corporation is not an issue so much as the process. The question would be, is it appropriate for a board to get involved at that level; handing out loans as opposed to setting out policy and direction. Would the Minister con

Question 216-13(3): Utilization Of Collection Agencies By GNWT  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. With regard to the loans process, my understanding is the board of directors, which is directly involved in loan approvals, is a board of political appointees who are involved in direct loan approval. I have a real concern with that current set up. It is v

Question 216-13(3): Utilization Of Collection Agencies By GNWT  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We recently wrote off almost $500,000 in loans. I would say, in these tight fiscal times, that when a loan is made as a loan, the assumption in my mind is that we expect it to be repaid. If it's throw-away money or grant money, maybe we should call it that

Question 216-13(3): Utilization Of Collection Agencies By GNWT  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask a question of the Minister responsible for the Business Credit Corporation. Would the Minister seriously consider the possibility of using private collection agencies, that might result in a higher net return to the BCC on delinquent lo

Community Empowerment  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to make some brief comments about community empowerment. Last week when I was in my community, I had some meetings with the community leadership. While we talked about budgets and reductions, we also talked about some of the changes that the P

Bill 11: Appropriation Act, 1996-97  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just have some very brief comments about the economic development side relating, in particular, to loans and grants. I'm very concerned, as an MLA and based on my own personal knowledge of what goes on, at least in my riding, with making sure that whate

Bill 11: Appropriation Act, 1996-97  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to suggest that we go back to program summaries. It's our fourth day on this department, and I think general comments should be pretty well included.

Motion 7-13(3): Public Disclosure Of Contracts And Public Sector Salaries, Carried  Mr. Speaker, maybe it's more a point of clarification. Once the mover speaks twice, is that it for any further debate or question for people speaking to the motion?

Motion 7-13(3): Public Disclosure Of Contracts And Public Sector Salaries, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. While I realize that this is a motherhood and apple pie kind of issue that very few people would want to publicly vote against, I just have some concerns about process. This is a fairly important kind of motion which would reflect how we want to do busines