Motion 4-15(5): Revocation Of Appointment To The Executive Council, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, stand in support of the motion. It's a difficult situation to be in, but I look at things as whether they are right or wrong. I don't say they are wrong because we have a year left, they are wrong because of this or that. I believe what happene

Question 136-15(5): Measures To Address Youth Crime In Inuvik  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. You know I'm all for rehabilitation. I think the offenders are going to have to want it, and it seems like recently there's been a whole new philosophical approach to crime prevention and rehabilitation for young people. I'd like to ask the Minister, ha

Question 136-15(5): Measures To Address Youth Crime In Inuvik  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There's a lot of light sentencing going on with the Youth Criminal Justice Act, and the sentencing is hoping to give these youth a chance and another chance and another chance, and it obviously seems not to be working. I'd like to ask the Minister if we

Question 136-15(5): Measures To Address Youth Crime In Inuvik  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yesterday I made a statement on the youth crime in Inuvik, and my questions today would be for the Minister of Justice, Mr. Bell. I'd like to ask the Minister if there's anything that we can do as a government to have consequences

Premier's Comments Regarding Residential School Survivors  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, just recently my colleagues were making a statement on residential schools. I would also like to make a statement, Mr. Speaker, to that effect. Growing up in Inuvik, I was one of the town boys. There were the town boys and the hostel boys.

Item 1: Prayer  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we take great pains sometimes in refraining from speaking about some parts of the government because everybody, I am pretty sure on this side of the House and probably on that side, have someone they know working within the government. We fee

Youth Crime In Inuvik  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to speak on an issue that affects the NWT and recently has become a major concern in Inuvik. That issue, Mr. Speaker, is the dramatic increase in crimes committed by youth. During a meeting in Inuvik we heard many cases of youth c

Question 110-15(5): Devolution And Resource Revenue Sharing  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is a subject that we are starting to find quite frustrating and just keeps being put on the back burner. In response to another question from one of my colleagues, the Premier spoke about options. We may have other options. I would like to know what

Question 110-15(5): Devolution And Resource Revenue Sharing  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thanks to the Premier for that. I would encourage him to continue to meet with the regional leaders because they are the leaders of all the regions of the NWT. I think it's the only way we are going to be able to get some progress done on this. With t

Question 110-15(5): Devolution And Resource Revenue Sharing  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thanks to the Premier for the response. Years ago the leaders used to sit and discuss issues amongst themselves, but nowadays it seems like too much of that responsibility is passed on to bureaucrats or negotiators. I would like to ask the Premier if he,

Question 110-15(5): Devolution And Resource Revenue Sharing  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As you can tell by the number of questions today regarding the royalty agreement, it's getting to be a big issue and something we have to work on very quickly. Along those lines, I would like to ask the Premier a couple of questions myself. In response to

Accountability Of Elected Officials  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, being elected to public office is something that we should not take lightly. A lot of people think being elected to public office is a popularity contest, but I don't agree with that. I think people now see a lot more to it than that. That be

Upcoming Events In The Inuvik Region  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, with this being the last day of session and the whole summer to look forward to, I would like to speak to events going on in all the communities. I would like to speak to a few of the events that are going to be held in Inuvik. On June 14

Question 80-15(5): Inuvik Children First Society Facility Proposal  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do have a copy of the proposal here and I would be glad to share it with Minister Dent. This proposal was given to me personally by the Children First Society. I will share that with Mr. Dent as soon as we are done here. I would like to ask the Minister

Question 80-15(5): Inuvik Children First Society Facility Proposal  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the response from the Minister. That was from February 15th. Now we are into June. The design phase is going to start soon and they will be expecting $550,000 from the Early Child Education Centre to get them through the design stage. I would