Question 225-15(4): Routing Of Telephone Calls To The Rcmp  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Government always speaks of prevention, and we have preventative programs for this, or we have preventative programs for that. One of the best preventions for crime, is having the RCMP be on patrol all the time. My question is, what can be done to enabl

Question 225-15(4): Routing Of Telephone Calls To The Rcmp  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I understand that some of the smaller communities will have to go through a centralized dispatch, but some of the larger communities, across the NWT, should not have to go through a central dispatch. If we see something happen, we want to report it and mak

Question 225-15(4): Routing Of Telephone Calls To The Rcmp  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I spoke before about the calls having to go through Yellowknife for the RCMP. I have no problem with the work that the RCMP are doing; I think they're doing a heck of a job. But we have to assure the residents of the NWT that if they make a phone call, tha

Snowmobile Theft  This, along with regular patrols around communities, would serve as a deterrent to potential crimes. The police have to be proactive instead of reacting to the crime, then having to do an investigation. We do not appreciate being interrogated while reporting a crime, and having

Snowmobile Theft  Many residents who work, trying to earn an honest living, continue to have their snowmobiles stolen from outside their residence, where they probably pay mortgages and taxes. There seems to be absolutely no consequence for anyone who steals snow machines, or anything else, for t

Snowmobile Theft  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, with the onset of winter, I rise today to speak on the favourite winter activity of many young people in the NWT. That activity, Mr. Speaker, is stealing snowmobiles.

Question 212-15(4): Regional Student Financial Assistance Services  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister spoke of dedicated staff across the Northwest Territories. I'm sure there are not dedicated staff or positions here in Yellowknife that could move across the Northwest Territories. So my final question to the Minister, with this particular

Question 212-15(4): Regional Student Financial Assistance Services  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Minister look at establishing regional offices that have the authority to make decisions for the students, once these regulations are changed? Thank you.

Question 212-15(4): Regional Student Financial Assistance Services  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister talks about regulations. I'm sure these regulations aren't written in stone, and I'm sure we do have the authority, or I'd like to know if the Minister has the authority to overrule some of these decisions, based on facts, not on regulations

Question 212-15(4): Regional Student Financial Assistance Services  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I look behind me and I see all these students from the school here in Yellowknife, and some day they'll be applying for SFA when they go to college. I'm sure people here wouldn't want to have their decisions made from an office in Inuvik or

Student Financial Assistance Program  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to speak on the administration of the Student Financial Assistance program. Although I believe that the SFA in the NWT is one of, if not the best in Canada, there are still some problems with the administration of the prog

Motion 5-15(4): National Day Of Healing And Reconciliation, Carried  Okay, Mr. Sahtu and I. I got to know Norman when we were in Grollier Hall. We played hockey together, so that's about the only positive thing I see that came out of this whole residential school thing. ---Laughter Other than that, I mean, there's a dark side that not too many

Motion 5-15(4): National Day Of Healing And Reconciliation, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, will be in support of this motion. This is something that I think is long overdue, and I commend the Member for Sahtu for bringing it up. Residential schools are something that have been going on for years. My mother attended residential school

Question 193-15(4): Harvester Assistance Programs  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I agree with the Minister that this is a good program, and I know a few people that access it. My second question is, with the split of RWED and the programs that are offered now, who would make the decisions, and who would administer all the programs? T

Question 193-15(4): Harvester Assistance Programs  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As you heard before, my colleague and I were speaking on the high cost of harvesting for trappers around the NWT. I'd like to ask the Minister of ITI, what's the government doing to assist harvesters with the increased cost of working, and trying to earn