Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters Thank you, Mr. Chair. I guess I should have used the word property taxes.
February 25th, 2016Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters The supplementary to that is: Are there any payments to the Yukon Government for leases, titleship, or the federal government?
February 25th, 2016Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters Yes, I'll speak to the motion there, Mr. Chair. Forging forward, moving forward here, on the ownership of this property, could you explain a little bit on the current cost of carrying the titleship, or are there any leases that have to be incurring annual lease payments?
February 25th, 2016Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Question 62-18(2): Decentralization Of Regional Authorities To The Sahtu My next question is: After submission of this decentralization restructuring proposal, is the Premier willing to have a meeting with the Sahtu leadership?
February 25th, 2016Assembly debate Oral Questions
Question 62-18(2): Decentralization Of Regional Authorities To The Sahtu My next question is the second and last one. I would like to ask the Premier if I can propose and identify the positions that are governing the Sahtu region elsewhere, would the Premier move those, and when, back to the Sahtu?
February 25th, 2016Assembly debate Oral Questions
Question 62-18(2): Decentralization Of Regional Authorities To The Sahtu Earlier, I was referring to the issue on the Sahtu region decentralization. Recognizing our physical situation for this territorial government, the current decision, as it stands now, is being made elsewhere to govern certain different departments in the Sahtu. As I mentioned ear
February 25th, 2016Assembly debate Oral Questions
Decentralization Of Regional Authorities To The Sahtu Today I want to discuss the decentralization of the Sahtu region. As said, the Sahtu region is not a region by itself even though you refer to it as the “Sahtu region,” but it is very much similar to many other areas of our great northern Canadian country. The Sahtu region, also,
February 25th, 2016Assembly debate Members’ Statements
Committee Motion 18-18(2): Tabled Document 1-18(2): Proposed Mandate Of The Government Of The Northwest Territories, 2016-2019, Replacement Of Text Regarding Palliative Care Services, Carried I've got nothing further, Mr. Chair. Thank you.
February 24th, 2016Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 18-18(2): Tabled Document 1-18(2): Proposed Mandate Of The Government Of The Northwest Territories, 2016-2019, Replacement Of Text Regarding Palliative Care Services, Carried Yes, I’m speaking in favour of this motion, and I encourage others as well. There is an aging population in our remote communities that in dire need of an action plan, and the action plan is only better if it's implemented. There's an increasing number of clients getting to the a
February 24th, 2016Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 18-18(2): Tabled Document 1-18(2): Proposed Mandate Of The Government Of The Northwest Territories, 2016-2019, Replacement Of Text Regarding Palliative Care Services, Carried Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that Tabled Document 1-18(2), Proposed Mandate of the Government of the Northwest Territories, 2016-2019 be amended on page 25 by deleting the words, “Developing an action plan for expanded palliative care services,” and inserting the words, “Developi
February 24th, 2016Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 15-18(2): Tabled Document 1-18(2): Proposed Mandate Of The Government Of The Northwest Territories, 2016-2019, Replacement Of Text Regarding Universal Day Care, Carried Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will be supporting this motion here, and I’ll share some information just to justify, as my previous speakers mentioned. In the speech that I said last week, in Norman Wells, at the current situation, I met two families. The man is bringing home the payche
February 24th, 2016Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Question 54-18(2): Mackenzie Valley Fibre Link Project I await that information if it does come, and my next question, the final question, is: Can we receive a current progress briefing on that particular project?
February 24th, 2016Assembly debate Oral Questions
Question 54-18(2): Mackenzie Valley Fibre Link Project My second question is: Knowing the terrain and geography north of Fort Good Hope, it's very remote, it's only accessible by remote equipment including sleigh camps, so the logistics and scheduling is very challenging, and I'm wondering, in my question, if that section between Tsi
February 24th, 2016Assembly debate Oral Questions
Question 54-18(2): Mackenzie Valley Fibre Link Project Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to address my issue to the Minister of Finance on the project for the Mackenzie Valley Fibre Link Project. The question I have is this Mackenzie Valley Fire Project is a P3 project of this government scheduled for completion this coming June 2016 d
February 24th, 2016Assembly debate Oral Questions
Bullying In The Residential School Environment Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'll make a few comments on the anti-bullying day, the Pink Shirt Day. I’ll share some thoughts with you on anti-bullying. Having survived the residential school system and growing up in Inuvik here, you only could imagine the bullying that went on going t
February 24th, 2016Assembly debate Members’ Statements