Structural Problems At Samuel Hearne School  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to welcome Mr. Lafferty to this Assembly and thank him, because now I will finally get to have my group photo. ---Laughter Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about an issue of great concern to Inuvik residents. This is the ongoing problem

Question 90-15(4): Structural Problems At Samuel Hearne School  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today my questions are for the Minister of Public Works and Services. We have seen newspaper reports that Samuel Hearne was going to be open later in the month. I want to ask the Minister the question that is on everyone's mind in Inuvik: W

Question 90-15(4): Structural Problems At Samuel Hearne School  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I said in my Member's statement, when foyers collapse and foundations fail, someone has to be held responsible. Would the Minister give parents, students and teachers some reassurance that their school will be safe when it reopens and ind

Students' Perspective On Samuel Hearne School  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, for the second day in a row I rise to speak about the Samuel Hearne Secondary School. Today I want to talk about the students' perspective and some of the things that they are saying. A few students have said that they don't mind using the col

Question 107-15(4): Planning For Samuel Hearne Students' Needs  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in my statement, I talked about the students' perspective and the whole thing going on with Samuel Hearne. One of the comments the students made was they were wondering if there was a backup plan or why there was no backup plan. So my questio

Question 107-15(4): Planning For Samuel Hearne Students' Needs  Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thanks to the Minister for that. So the Minister is saying that he is working with the DECs and he has instructed his department to come up with backup plans in each community. Is that correct? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Project  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we've been hearing talk of the pipeline for a long time and, as one of my colleagues asked this morning, what pipeline? It's time to quit talking, Mr. Speaker, and time to get working. Most people in the NWT stand to benefit from the constr

Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Project  Even the NWT can't get a deal like that. The North has a lot to offer in the way of resources, and everyone is entitled to a good deal that will work for us all. A few leaders in the NWT, our Premier included, know that this project should allow us to be independent and are try

Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Project  We should lock all the parties in the same room until they can reach an agreement that will work for everyone. I do not believe this project is doomed, contrary to what some people think; however, we have lived without this pipeline for years and we'll survive without it, but

Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Project  Mr. Speaker, this project, along the Mackenzie Valley highway from Wrigley to Tuktoyaktuk, should be our legacy. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. ---Applause

Question 121-15(4): Access To Northern Strategy Funds  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Going back to my Member's statement today on the pipeline, I have a couple of questions for Mr. Handley. I read, with interest, some of the comments he made in the paper about some of the demands being excessive. Does he believe that this could possibly

Question 122-15(4): Government Position On Future Of Pipeline  Rephrase it? Okay. Let me try that again. ---Laughter What is the GNWT's position on this? Does the GNWT believe that this could possibly hurt or kill the project? Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think I did it again.

Question 122-15(4): Government Position On Future Of Pipeline  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Thanks to the Premier for that. Let me try another one. I know the Premier has been working hard trying to get all parties together here to get this thing going. Is there anything more that this government can be doing? Are we a serious play

Question 122-15(4): Government Position On Future Of Pipeline  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I agree with the Premier that this project is important to the valley. With all of these demands being made from all of the parties involved, is this holding up the talks with Ottawa on this resource revenue sharing? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Pre-budget Consultation  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As my colleagues said, earlier this fall we did go on a pre-budget consultation tour. This tour allowed us to visit communities in the northern and southern parts of the NWT, to hear what people had to say about what they think of where the government sh