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Language Services  Masi, Mr. Speaker. [Translation] Today I would like to speak on behalf of the interpreters, but before that, when we speak here, some days, they speak too fast for the interpreters, because when I have my earphone on, some speakers are really fast speakers. Today, the interpreter

February 4th, 2021Assembly debate Page 1755 Members' Statements

Jackson Lafferty

Power Outages in Whati  Masi, Mr. Speaker. [English translation] I would like to speak today. In our community, right now, I have to say that we have a generator. Some days, the generator would not be able to be running. If that's the case, it shuts down and everything freezes. Just recently in Whati, r

February 4th, 2021Assembly debate Page 1728 Members' Statements

Jackson Lafferty

Question 481-19(2): Elders Housing  Masi, Madam Speaker. An elder once told me, "Enough talking. Do the action now. Fix the problem." There is an issue here, a real challenge for this elderly couple, and I would like to know from the Minister: could we have a dedicated person to deal with these issues? I understan

November 5th, 2020Assembly debate Page 1706 Oral Questions

Jackson Lafferty

Question 481-19(2): Elders Housing  The Minister is correct: there are quite a few elders who cannot speak for themselves. In my region, they speak the Tlicho language. It's very difficult for them to access the NWT housing program. We always say there are online programs, but they can't access online programs. I

November 5th, 2020Assembly debate Page 1705 Oral Questions

Jackson Lafferty

Question 481-19(2): Elders Housing  We forwarded that information just the other day with pictures, and it's a real issue. Obviously, the screwdriver has been in place for a number of years, as you can tell. It's all rotten away, and it's unacceptable. The couple applied out of Whati. I'm not going into specific de

November 5th, 2020Assembly debate Page 1705 Oral Questions

Jackson Lafferty

Question 481-19(2): Elders Housing  Masi, Madam Speaker. [Translation] When I talked about the Member's statement, I talked about the elders who are living at home, how they are taken care of. A lot times, our elders are not well taken care of at home. I have a question for the Minister responsible for the NWT Hous

November 5th, 2020Assembly debate Page 1704 Oral Questions

Jackson Lafferty

Elders' Housing Issues  Masi, Madam Speaker. [Translation] I would like to make a statement regarding elders. We have a mandate to protect the elders, for them to live in dignity. We have great respect for our elders. They are our guides, and we do not want them suffering in any way. We need to do the b

November 5th, 2020Assembly debate Page 1696 Members' Statements

Jackson Lafferty

Bill 21: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2020-2021, Carried  Masi, Madam Speaker. [Translation] This supplementary, we had a long discussion yesterday. Some supported it; some did not. I want to say a few words on this topic. Yesterday, there was an election going on in the USA, so some of them may not have listened to our proceedings yest

November 4th, 2020Assembly debate Page 1680 Third Reading of Bills

Jackson Lafferty

Question 475-19(2): Location of RCMP Detachment in Monfwi  Masi, Madam Speaker. [Translation] Today, in Gameti, they have been asking for the station for a long time. We have two RCMP in the community. Sometimes, when they are in a situation, where are they going to hold the people? They do not have any place. They have a small building

November 4th, 2020Assembly debate Page 1670 Oral Questions

Jackson Lafferty

Question 475-19(2): Location of RCMP Detachment in Monfwi  I would like to ask the Minister about the process in also engaging the community, the community chiefs, and my Tlicho Government. I would like to know from the Minister what kind of engagement has taken place so far with respect to RCMP, the Commissioner, and also at the federal

November 4th, 2020Assembly debate Page 1670 Oral Questions

Jackson Lafferty

Question 475-19(2): Location of RCMP Detachment in Monfwi  [Translation] As we stand here today, regarding the Ministers, they are responsible for each department, and they also work with the RCMP. [End of translation] Does the Minister agree that the Whati RCMP detachment should stay within the region, from Whati to Gameti? Gameti badly

November 4th, 2020Assembly debate Page 1669 Oral Questions

Jackson Lafferty

Question 475-19(2): Location of RCMP Detachment in Monfwi  Masi, Madam Speaker. [Translation] I want to ask the Department of Justice a question regarding there is supposed to be a new RCMP station in Whati. I would like to ask him questions regarding the Justice Department. [End of translation] I have questions for the Minister of Justi

November 4th, 2020Assembly debate Page 1669 Oral Questions

Jackson Lafferty

Question 473-19(2): Indigenous Male Employment within the Government of the Northwest Territories  Masi, Madam Speaker. I'm glad that the Minister will be taking those best practices into consideration. My question is: when can we see those adaptations into our current policy within the department or departments in the GNWT? Madam Speaker, masi.

November 4th, 2020Assembly debate Page 1668 Oral Questions

Jackson Lafferty

Question 473-19(2): Indigenous Male Employment within the Government of the Northwest Territories  I'm glad the Minister is committed to providing those targets within each department. It's very important that we increase our Indigenous workforce within GNWT. Enough of talking about the 30 percent over the last 20, 30 years. Just put that into action. Within the life of this A

November 4th, 2020Assembly debate Page 1668 Oral Questions

Jackson Lafferty

Question 473-19(2): Indigenous Male Employment within the Government of the Northwest Territories  I am glad the Minister brought up the target. I think it's very important to have each department have targets. When I talk about Indigenous male, eight, nine percent within GNWT. That is very low considering that 50 percent population of Aboriginal people in the Northwest Territ

November 4th, 2020Assembly debate Page 1667 Oral Questions

Jackson Lafferty

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