Question 80-15(5): Inuvik Children First Society Facility Proposal  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in the budget session, I asked questions of Minister Dent on the early childhood facility that they were hoping to incorporate into the new school in Inuvik. The government leases buildings, we look for office space, we try to build office sp

Item 5: Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm pleased to recognize my daughter Kim and my son-in-law Raymond Wainman and, Mr. Speaker, I'm proud to introduce Rylan James Robert Wainman, my grandson. ---Applause

Facility Proposal From Children First Society In Inuvik  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, during the budget session, I spoke to the desire of the Children First Society in Inuvik to have their needs incorporated into a new school being built up in Inuvik. Today, Mr. Speaker, I would like to speak on the work that they continue to

Committee Motion 24-15(5): To Delete $320,000 From Pws's Asset Management Activity In Bill 2, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I find it kind of odd that we're only going to get two to four years if we do minimum code requirements. You're in a house and somebody says you have to change your wiring. You change your wiring, now you're up to code. That's going to last longer than tw

Committee Motion 24-15(5): To Delete $320,000 From Pws's Asset Management Activity In Bill 2, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just a quick question for Mr. Roland. You continue to say that the minimum code requirements will get you two to four years more out of the building. Now, is that set in stone? I mean, do the renovations, are they not going to be code in two or three year

Committee Motion 24-15(5): To Delete $320,000 From Pws's Asset Management Activity In Bill 2, Carried  Actually, it's not. ---Laughter But I really have difficulty with it, Mr. Chair; $320,000, and, like somebody said, you have to go with your gut feeling. I hate to admit it, but my gut feeling just is the word Inuvik. I think it's bad planning. Mr. Chair, I really think it's

Committee Motion 24-15(5): To Delete $320,000 From Pws's Asset Management Activity In Bill 2, Carried  Now, the thing that I'm having difficulty with, it says Inuvik. That's the only thing. ---Laughter ---Interjection

Committee Motion 24-15(5): To Delete $320,000 From Pws's Asset Management Activity In Bill 2, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I was originally going to make this motion, but I had to give it some thought here. I mean I know this applies to Inuvik and my problem is not that we don't need an office space in Inuvik, I mean that's something that should have been identified a long tim

Committee Motion 22-15(5): To Delete $367,000 From Nwthc In Bill 2, Defeated  Thank you, Madam Chair. I am going to support the motion because, like some of my colleagues were saying, it seems to be wanting to grow and grow and grow. I like the five technical officers in the district. If I had my way, the lands officers would not be in here at all. I wou

Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thanks to the Minister for that. Again, I am not a big fan of negotiated contracts. I think that does delay a lot of projects, but I can understand the government making a commitment and trying to accommodate organizations and aboriginal groups and negot

Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. I am concerned, too, with the amount of projects that have lapsed and having to come back in an appropriation. I want to ask the Minister if one of the reasons a lot of these projects are lapsing is because I see the word consultant a lot and I have seen

Question 69-15(5): Student Financial Assistance Amounts  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the intent of the program, from my understanding, was to help with a lot of single students going to school. The Minister was up in Inuvik with us attending the convocation of Aurora College. I think he noticed that there was a lot of gradua

Question 69-15(5): Student Financial Assistance Amounts  Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I'll thank the Minister for that response. He mentioned a full-blown review hadn't been done since 2000. Would the Minister commit to doing a review and finding out how much it's costing nowadays? Like, the tuition and that, the government does a go

Question 69-15(5): Student Financial Assistance Amounts  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions today are for the Honourable Charles Dent, Minister of Education, and it's to do with the student financial assistance. I'd like to ask the Minister how the department comes up with the figures for student financial assistance,

Adequacy Of Student Financial Assistance  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, graduation ceremonies are taking place across the NWT. Every region speaks about the high number of graduates they have in their communities, and that's a good story, Mr. Speaker. Now comes the next step: going off to college. There, Mr.