Minister's Statement 36-14(6): Minister Absent From The House  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to advise Members that the Honourable Jim Antoine will be absent from the House today to attend the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada annual conference in Toronto. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Minister's Statement 33-14(6): Public Service Initiatives  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the more than 4,000 public service employees who work for this government are the backbone of our programs and services. It is their efforts, skills and abilities that allow us to deliver top quality programs to Northerners. Today, I would li

Motion 7-14(6): To Change The Implementation Date Of The Strategy To Harmonize Income Support And Social Housing, Defeated  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I had initially asked Cabinet to consider abstaining on this motion mostly to show the type of leadership that would indicate we are prepared to consider in spite of the support we have for the initiative. We are concerned if even one MLA ha

Question 185-14(6): Summer Student Employment Guidelines  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, if the Member is correct and there is a perception problem, then we will correct that.

Question 185-14(6): Summer Student Employment Guidelines  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, all students are encouraged and supported in their initiative to find summer employment, both with the government and with the private sector. This government will continue to try to find ways to support that, to facilitate it, but it is, as

Question 185-14(6): Summer Student Employment Guidelines  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it's not essential for students to register. Students can go about it in whatever way they want to contact the government to indicate their interest in getting employment. They can undertake that initiative entirely on their own. We provide t

Question 185-14(6): Summer Student Employment Guidelines  Mr. Speaker, the northern student employment program is one that is designed to provide our students with suitable and relevant summer employment within the government. We are giving priority to hiring status from May to August every year within the affirmative action policy. The

Question 139-14(6): GNWT Harmonization Strategy  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I believe the Minister, we can say in general terms, felt because of family ties and the makeup of his constituency and the closeness of the issue in his particular riding and his family, he felt there was a conflict and we accepted that. Tha

Question 139-14(6): GNWT Harmonization Strategy  Mr. Speaker, during the development of the initiative and the policy, Ministers were obliged to speak in an unbiased, fair and honest way to the development of the initiative and the policy. The Ministers that felt they were somehow less than able to speak fully to the issues we

Question 139-14(6): GNWT Harmonization Strategy  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. During the development of the initiative and the policy, there was conflict of interest declared on dealing with certain issues. Now we are into the implementation aspect of the policy, so it's not an issue any longer. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Question 139-14(6): GNWT Harmonization Strategy  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The lead Minister for the harmonization initiative is Minister Roger Allen. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Bill 3: Appropriation Act, 2003-2004  Thank you. Mr. Chairman, I don't have the wording or the information that the Member is referring to but it's my advice that students like that, even though they may not qualify under the criteria, will still be given special consideration. So, that is my understanding of what

Bill 3: Appropriation Act, 2003-2004  Thank you. Mr. Chairman, I have on my left the deputy minister for Department of Executive, Liz Snider and on my right, the director of finance and administration, Carl Bird.

Bill 3: Appropriation Act, 2003-2004  Yes

Bill 3: Appropriation Act, 2003-2004  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the Department of Executive is requesting a budget of $14.733 million for fiscal year 2003-2004. This represents a three percent decrease from the main estimates for the Executive in 2002-2003. This decrease has come about as a result to t