Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Masi, Madam Chair. I am glad that the Minister is interested in, I guess he can call it a gateway to empowering the regions, the communities. That was my next line of questions: how can we reach out to the communities, the most isolated communities where we are lacking journeyme

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Masi, Madam Chair. Obviously, the Minister is listening carefully to what our issues are or challenges, and this is an opportunity for us to have more positive news instead of decreasing numbers from 700 to 400 in actual employment in the communities. In fact, we should be aiming

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Masi, Madam Chair. Just on Small Community Employment Support, as well. Mr. Norn did touch on a few of them, so it has been answered. I'm looking forward to additional information that is going to be delivered to us on the regions and the communities. The funding was $5 million b

Question 543-19(2): Caribou Mobile Zone  Masi, Mr. Speaker. It sounds like the elders should be all-inclusive. It sounds like there's only a handful of elders who may have been involved. The ones who were calling me have not been directly involved, and they want to be out there. Even at 70 years of age, they want to be

Question 543-19(2): Caribou Mobile Zone  Obviously, the elders predicted what kind of answers the Minister was going to give. There are three herds. That means there was an increase in population of the caribou herd. That should allow us to harvest in that area, not discouraging us to hunt, Mr. Speaker. Another elder, b

Question 543-19(2): Caribou Mobile Zone  The next question that another elder from the community asked is: this mobile zone keeps getting bigger every year, which makes it more challenging and difficult for harvesters to be out there and harvest food for their families. They're asking: why is it getting bigger every y

Question 543-19(2): Caribou Mobile Zone  Masi, Mr. Speaker. [Translation] When I made my Member's statement, I commented on caribou management. I also mentioned the hunting zone and how difficult it is for people to go hunting. I would like to ask the ENR Minister a question. Before I ask that question, I want to say th

Caribou Hunting Zones  Masi, Mr. Speaker. [Translation] I want to make a statement on caribou. The caribou management zone is an area where people are not allowed to hunt within this area, within this zone, and they move the zone every once in a while. Recently, the elders have been calling me, and the

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Masi, Madam Chair. This particular area, obviously, we push our students to enter trades and get a journeyman ticket after three or four years; three years for welding. In the past 15, 20 years, we've been pushing for students to enter post-secondary so they can become lawyers an

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Masi, Madam Chair. I'm glad the Minister recognizes that lack of qualified language-speaking teachers, and we should be doing more in that area. We've been talking about that for a number of years, now. We're still talking about that. Yes, there is the MAP program. There are othe

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Masi, Madam Chair. There has been an increase in the area of revitalization and language devolvement. What are the plans? Are we really going to stick to four, or are we going to increase these immersion programs into the communities that badly need it? Especially the outlying, r

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Masi, Madam Chair. Just a couple of questions. First is the language immersion programs. I imagine it falls under either Indigenous languages and education or minority language education and instruction; I'm not sure which one it falls under. We have 49 schools across the Northwe

Question 534-19(2): Tourism  Masi, Mr. Speaker. The reason that I'm raising this issue now, we have to start planning, like today, before November opening of the celebration of the all-season road. I will be following up with the department again and with my leadership, as well. Mr. Speaker, my next question

Question 534-19(2): Tourism  Thanks again to the Minister for providing the latest update in engaging the community on the proposal as has been submitted. There is just one proposal. I am sure there will be others. I want to refer to parks along the road from Highway 3, all the way to Whati, and in the commu

Question 534-19(2): Tourism  It is great that the Minister is following up on pros and cons of the Tuktoyaktuk Highway, the best practices, so we don't encounter similar challenges on the all-weather road. The next question I have: if this new all-weather road sparks community-based tourism in Whati, that to