Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  So we will put together a strategy this spring. I am determined that we have something that we can take back. I like Mr. Yakeleya's comments about the elders, that they have vision. I don't know if it's something that comes from age. When you are young, you think you are invinci

Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just wanted to make some closing comments on this discussion we had this afternoon. I want to say, first of all, that I really do listen carefully and will read Hansard very carefully on the good comments that were made today. I think that was a good di

Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. I would like to take some time this afternoon to set the context for the debate on the Northern Strategy. Then the Minister of Finance will speak on some of the specific financial issues we face. I want to say that, while one of the most important tasks

Protection Of The Northern Environment  Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Today I rise to talk about our delicate and diversified northern environment. Mr. Speaker, as everyone is well aware, the next step in the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol Agreement has been met with some opposition and question as to the validity and the expect

Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think you can see from the appreciation of other Members, that the Member has indeed made several good points about the future of this government, the future role for this department. I think there are a number of initiatives that are global in nature

Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just want to speak for a few minutes generally to the principle of this creation of a department that is devoted to the goals that Environment and Natural Resources is devoted to. I think it's a good idea. I do think that the mandate of the Department o

Minister's Statement 81-15(3): Kyoto Protocol  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to advise that the Kyoto Protocol comes into effect internationally today. ---Applause As Members are aware, the Kyoto Protocol falls under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It establishes targets for

Question 258-15(3): Ensuring Winter Road Safety In The Sahtu Region  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The issue of climate change has been something that's been becoming more and more serious as we start to see changes in our transportation infrastructure. This past summer, we signed an agreement to work with Transport Canada to do a climate change study

Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Madam Chair, the access road program is geared towards site specific locations such as hunting camps or picnic sites or other different destinations. It's not intended to plug money in projects such as winter roads programs. That is a different budget line. The issue the Membe

Committee Motion 3-15(3): To Delete $120,000 From The Financial Management Board Secretariat Budgeting And Evaluation Re Foregone Interest, Defeated  Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I am pleased to present the proposed 2004-05 main estimates for the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. These estimates propose total operational expenses of $85.57 million for the coming fiscal year. This amount is s

A Reasoned Approach To The Kyoto Protocol  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I was pleased today when the Premier made a statement on the Kyoto accord. I had hoped that we would have an opportunity to spend some more time discussing that issue during this session and unfortunately, because we do not have committee of t

Minister's Statement 2-14(6): Joint Meeting Of Energy And Environment Ministers  Mr. Speaker, on Monday I met with fellow federal, provincial and territorial Energy and Environment Ministers in Halifax to discuss Canada's approach to addressing climate change. Federal Environment Minister David Anderson and Natural Resources Minister Herb Dhaliwal outlined th

Minister's Statement 72-14(5): Kyoto Protocol  Mr. Speaker, in the Northwest Territories we are already seeing the effects of climate change. As a government we are concerned that these effects will intensify if global emissions of the gases that cause climate change are not controlled. That is why, Mr. Speaker, the Governmen

Question 354-14(5): GNWT Position On The Kyoto Protocol  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Government of the Northwest Territories, we have been supporting the Kyoto Protocol. The reason for that is that we are told by people in the North that the climate is changing. We see it with our own eyes in a number of different things;

Question 266-14(5): Federal Economic Development Funding  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I understand the Minister to have said that he actually gets specific dollars from Cabinet for aboriginal people and that sometimes includes aboriginal people in the Northwest Territories. He does not receive dollars specifically for the Terri