Appreciation For Constituents, Colleagues And Supporters  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I, too, just want to talk a bit about my past 12 years as the MLA for Nahendeh. I’ve stood up in this House on behalf of them, being the people’s voice and raising their many concerns and those of my six communities. Despite my collea

Motion 50-17(5): Medical Travel Policy, Carried  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I rise today, I’ll be supporting that motion. One of the things is that Members on this side of the House have been awaiting the review of the Medical Travel Policy and I’m sure the Minister will have heard that during his travels to all our cons

Question 944-17(5): Fort Simpson Access Road Streetlights  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Certainly the priority areas for this access road have some residential houses, but the longer access towards the Four Mile subdivision, maybe they can look at that as well, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

Question 944-17(5): Fort Simpson Access Road Streetlights  It’s probably correct that the Village of Fort Simpson contacted the department officials to identify certain locations and I’m up here in the House today to ensure that we move forward with those. I think there are about three sites there, so if the Minister can confirm that the

Question 944-17(5): Fort Simpson Access Road Streetlights  To be specific, yes I’ve been asking the Minister about installing some street lighting on the access road that goes from our 6 kilometre, the Wild Rose subdivision, down onto the Four Mile subdivision, and that’s been a safety concern raised by the residents, most particularly i

Question 944-17(5): Fort Simpson Access Road Streetlights  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I want to ask the Minister of Transportation some questions with regard to working with municipalities and street lighting on the highway system. I would like to ask the Minister: What type of program does the Department of Transportation curren

Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I’d just wanted to take pride in our Page Program that allows us to bring students who are younger and from smaller communities like Fort Simpson. Today I wanted to recognize two Pages from Fort Simpson. First of all, my nephew Allan Menicoche, a

Mental Health Programs And Services In Nahendeh Region  Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Today I would like to speak about the mental health services in the Nahendeh region. It’s often hard to talk about, but there’s never any shortage of tragic and painful things going on in our communities. Addictions-related problems keep surfacing in part

Question 933-17(5): Contract Related To The Deh Cho Bridge Construction  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Yes, Rowe’s did the work, and like any other contractor agreement, even if it’s verbal, they should be paid. That’s what I’m asking the Minister. Why have they not been paid to date?

Question 933-17(5): Contract Related To The Deh Cho Bridge Construction  The Minister doesn’t address why they weren’t paid. He says everybody else has been paid, and that’s a well-known fact, but the referees that analyze this situation, look at all the claims – there were, I think, about seven or eight of them – and for the most part there were only

Question 933-17(5): Contract Related To The Deh Cho Bridge Construction  Certainly, the Minister covered some of the details, but he didn’t cover all the details like when the bridge failed in 2010, the government came to this House for a further $15.9 million and once again came to this House for another $10 million. Yet, we can’t pay for unfinished

Question 933-17(5): Contract Related To The Deh Cho Bridge Construction  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. It is with dismay and frustration that I stand before you today to say there is unfinished business with the Deh Cho Bridge. Yesterday I tabled, in the House, the Referee Claim Review, the interim and phase two reports of the Deh Cho Bridge betwe

Highway No. 7 Reconstruction  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. As my colleagues know, two of my favourite words in this Legislature are Highway 7. I cannot let the 17thAssembly draw to a close without saying them for the 150thtime. This time it’s a pleasure to say positive things about the work being done on

Tabled Document 336-17(5): Referee Claim Review, Interim And Phase 2 Reports  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table Referee Claim Review, Interim and Phase 2 Reports that relate to the Deh Cho Bridge contract between Rowe's Construction and ATCON Construction, initial general contractor for the project. The referee's reports review the issue of the non-p

Question 924-17(5): Fort Simpson Health Centre Replacement  Thank you very much. That provides a little bit of clarity about how far they're progressing with the planning study. Is it typical for the department to go to the communities to show them the type of floor plans and the layout that they have at these facilities? Thank you.