Question 76-16(3): Need For A Drainage Study In Lutselk’e  Mr. Speaker, we talk about dust, and I have lived in a small community for a number of years. I am well aware of the spring runoff and things like that. I will make a commitment to the Member that we will try to put something together as soon as we can, to sit down with the commu

Motion To Extend Sitting Hours Carried  Mr. Speaker, this is not an easy time. I’ve been on both sides of the floor during times like this and it’s not easy. A couple Members, I respect the brutal honesty and their stand on the position. We are all here to...There’s reason for each person to do what they do and they fe

Question 72-16(3): Highway Rescue Equipment And Services  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There was a report done a few years ago that recommended that this be looked into. It’s something that the departments of MACA and Health and Social Services have identified as a priority. Money is available in the budget that we will be hopefully debating

Question 72-16(3): Highway Rescue Equipment And Services  There is support of communities out there and their support from all levels involved. It’s just a matter of identifying. Also there’s the communities themselves who have their capital money flowed from MACA that they could use for mobile equipment. Also there’s some federal fundi

Question 72-16(3): Highway Rescue Equipment And Services  The department will probably be in contact with the village very soon. It is a priority and I’m sure with the Member raising the issue that we need to expedite this. But I have informed the Member that through correspondence MACA will be in contact with the community to get this

Question 72-16(3): Highway Rescue Equipment And Services  The involvement of the federal government would be on the funding that they have available for this particular highway. It’s called the Joint Emergency Preparedness Program and that is the program that they will be able to access some funding under. When MACA meets with the commu

Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m pleased to welcome my wife, Judy, and my son Ryan to the Assembly.

Minister’s Statement 3-16(3) School Of Community Government Realignment  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am pleased to provide my colleagues with an update on the recent realignment of the School of Community Government, located in the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. First started in 1999, the School of Community Government was established

Question 5-16(3) Funding Support For Youth Programs  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I admire the Member’s perseverance and commitment to an important issue, and it’s an issue that we all share in this House. Having said that, we are identifying more youth funding, and as part of identifying the youth funding, we’re hoping to come forward

Question 5-16(3) Funding Support For Youth Programs  Those commitments are coming back to bite me. I did say that we would do a review, and I commit again to the Member that we will do a review. Once we’re done sitting in the House, we’ll have an opportunity to sit down with the department and give them a schedule of when I’d lik

Question 5-16(3) Funding Support For Youth Programs  Mr. Speaker, for a lot of the community youth strategy MACA will have to have a lot of direct input from the community to work together to come up with a plan for a strategy for the community. I did commit that we would start looking into this. As I said in my previous answer, on

Question 5-16(3) Funding Support For Youth Programs  Mr. Speaker, the budget for the Aboriginal Sport Circle…. I mean, if we’re looking at increasing budgets, particularly for youth groups, I’m sure that would be taken into consideration. That would come up during our review. Any increase would come up during the review of the busi

Question 10-16(3) Lottery Funding For The Arts  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. MACA is working with the NWT Council of Sports and Recreation partners to review the overall management of lotteries in the Northwest Territories. As the Member pointed out, the money is earmarked for sports, and that’s a good place for the money from the

Question 10-16(3) Lottery Funding For The Arts  Mr. Speaker, as I said on answering the first question, there is a review. They’re working with the Council of Sports and Recreation and doing a review. As far as earmarking some of the money to sports goes, I mean, that’s something they would have to come up with once they do

Question 10-16(3) Lottery Funding For The Arts  Mr. Speaker, arts aren’t presently part of the review. It’s a review done with the NWT Council of Sports and Recreation and MACA. I think the Member is well aware that there was $500,000 recently allocated to enhance arts and culture funding. As I said, arts are not part of the