Supplementary To Question 21-16(1): Provision Of Wheelchairs For Quadriplegics  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think if we dig a little further, we’re going to find that this motorized wheelchair was removed from this individual. But I would like to ask the Minister if Glenrose Rehabilitation Centre in Edmonton is an expert and they deal with a lot of NWT resid

Question 24-16(1): Approaches To Government Infrastructure In Response To Climate Change  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. For a while there I thought I’d go through this session without a question. ---Laughter The northern economic development Ministers met in Ottawa Thursday and Friday of last week. In the discussions on climate change and in the three briefings that were

Question 24-16(1): Approaches To Government Infrastructure In Response To Climate Change  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Certainly, it was also discussed in the context of mitigating climate change and the opportunities for utilizing infrastructure to do so. Thank you.

Question 24-16(1): Approaches To Government Infrastructure In Response To Climate Change  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Certainly, I’ll be working with my colleague, the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, who has the lead on dealing with climate change, and will communicate that to him. Thank you.

Minister’s Statement 3-16(1): Human Resources Efforts  Mr. Speaker, human resources are the most important resource in an organization. Government of the Northwest Territories managers and the Department of Human Resources are becoming strategic partners in human resource management, ensuring the GNWT has the right people in the righ

Public Housing Rental Assessment  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, during the past couple of months, we have heard a lot of talk about being an effective and efficient government. I think to prove that we are not only going to talk the talk, we are going to walk the walk, would be to take the transfer of re

Item 5: Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would also like to recognize some Metis cousins. ---Laughter Kenny Hudson, president of the Fort Smith Metis Local; as well as Vern Jones, the president of the NWT Metis Nation; Arthur Beck; Kara King; Jim Green from Dog River; I think it is Shannon

Return To Question 32-16(1): United Way Of Yellowknife  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The United Way is a very important organization and I participated in the opening of their fundraising efforts. It’s an organization that we are working with and, certainly, I would be pleased to put in a reminder to all GNWT employees to sign on and sta

Question 38-16(1): Transfer Of Rental Assessment To NWTHC  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I’d like to direct my questions today to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. Going back to my Member’s statement on the transfer of rental assessments back to NWT Housing Corporation, I’d like to ask the Minister, there’s been a

Supplementary To Question 38-16(1): Transfer Of Rental Assessment To NWTHC  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to thank the Minister for that information. I’d also like to ask him who is conducting the review. Thank you.

Supplementary To Question 38-16(1): Transfer Of Rental Assessment To NWTHC  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, following the review, if it’s recommended that the transfer be brought back to the NWT Housing Corporation, will the department honour that recommendation and transfer it back to the Housing Corporation? Thank you.

Supplementary To Question 38-16(1): Transfer Of Rental Assessment To NWTHC  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the Minister again for the information and my final question I’d like to ask the Minister is that he said they’re doing a review. I’d like to know if the tenants are part of the review process, because they’re the ones most affected. Who will have

Return To Question 42-16(1): Public Service Morale  Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I thank the honourable Member for his observations about morale in the public service. As I said, human resources are our most important asset. This is an area which is difficult to quantify. In the past we’ve used employee engagement surveys. This is

Further Return To Question 42-16(1): Public Service Morale  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Certainly that's an area that we are looking at. I think we would like to undertake a process of many surveys so that we can, it will give us the ability to focus in on specific problem areas and help us to react to them more quickly. As the Member knows,

Return To Question 49-16(1): Trade Mission To China  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you for that question. With regard to the trip to China, which I understand was very successful, the group that traveled to China met recently to report on their views on the benefits of the trip. There was some follow-up activity resulting from the