Committee Report 1-15(3): Standing Committee On Accountability And Oversight Report On The Review Of The Draft 2004-2005 Main Estimates  Financing And Resource Revenue Negotiations With Canada The committee wishes to express its full support for the Premier and Minsiter of Finance in their endeavours to get a fair fiscal deal from Ottawa for the Northwest Territories. Negotiations have been underway for some t

Committee Report 1-15(3): Standing Committee On Accountability And Oversight Report On The Review Of The Draft 2004-2005 Main Estimates  The standing committees of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories met from February 16 to February 28, 2004, to review the 2004-2005 draft main estimates for each of the departments of the Government of the Northwest Territories. The mandate of the Standing Commit

Committee Report 1-15(3): Standing Committee On Accountability And Oversight Report On The Review Of The Draft 2004-2005 Main Estimates  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Standing Committee on Accountability and Oversight report on the review of the draft mains, 2005-2005.

Listening To The People  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Since the beginning of the Third Session of this 15th Assembly I've raised, through a Member's statement, oral questions and the reply to the opening address, the wishes of my people in the riding of Inuvik Twin Lakes and their vision for change. Mr. Speak

Mr. Allen's Reply  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is the first opportunity I've had to reply to the opening address and I think it's important I do it at this point in the early term of our session here. Mr. Speaker, it is not often that a small riding such as my electoral district of Inuvik Twin L

Question 15-15(3): Constitutional Questions Related To Attaining Provincehood  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I addressed several pertinent points to the Premier during the question period of March 16th, that was yesterday, with very little confirmation on whether he was willing to introduce a bill of intent to seek provincial status for the Northwest Territories.

Celebration Of St. Patrick's Day  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today is a day for the Irish population worldwide as they celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Big cities and small towns alike celebrate with parades, wearing of the green, music and songs, Irish food and drink and other activities. So why is it celebrated on

Motion 1-15(3): Appointment Of Deputy Chairpersons Of Committee Of The Whole  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Thursday, March 18, 2004, I will move the following motion. Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Frame Lake, that the honourable Member for Nunakput, Mr. Calvin Pokiak, and the honourable Member for Kam Lake,

Written Question 1-15(3): Bill Of Intent To Seek Provincial Status  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a written question for the Premier of the Northwest Territories. Would the Premier provide and in-depth political analysis of those sections of the Constitution Act, 1982, which give constitutionality to other political institutions in the Nort

Question 1-15(3): Bill Of Intent To Seek Provincial Status  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don't see the relevancy in the discussion with a third party in terms of the constitutional relationship between the federal and territorial governments. I am going to ask the Premier again if he is willing to bring a bill of intent to the Prime Minist

Question 1-15(3): Bill Of Intent To Seek Provincial Status  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think we all recognize the difficulty in trying to persuade the federal government to acknowledge that we are an emerging territory. So I am going to ask the Premier again, failing his undertaking on a trilateral level, if he would call upon the chief

Question 1-15(3): Bill Of Intent To Seek Provincial Status  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. No disrespect to the Premier's answer, however, I still feel that the people of the Northwest Territories, especially in my riding of Inuvik Twin Lakes, lost confidence in that document and any subsequent documents thereafter. So I am going to again ask

Question 1-15(3): Bill Of Intent To Seek Provincial Status  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In my Member's statement I encouraged the Premier to draft a bill of intent that would give rise to the creation of the Northwest Territories to a province. I am now going to ask the Premier if he will produce such a bill of intent within this 15th Legis

Devolution Negotiations And Attaining Provincial Status  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Throughout the course of the 14th and 15th Legislative Assemblies, the Legislative Assembly and Cabinet have been working diligently on devolution, resource revenue sharing and new fiscal arrangements with the federal government. This has been an exhaustiv

Tabled Document 6-15(2): Tax Exemption: A Tool For Economic Development For First Nations - Executive Summary  I would like to also table the Executive Summary, Sorting out the Issues, Tax Exemption: A Tool for Economic Development for First Nations. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.