Alfred Moses

We’ve said in this House time and time again, I guess you could say we’ve criticized the government and the Department of Health with regard to a lack of programs and services in areas of mental health and addictions, specifically detox facilities. That is something we really tried to get to the point here. This project itself serves a great purpose in terms of detox under a supervised setting and also doesn’t exhaust resources of the RCMP or the medical staff at the hospital.

With such a great project in place where people can go if they are intoxicated – a wet shelter – and be supervised...

Thank you Mr. Speaker. Joining us today is my constituency assistant, Weronica Murray from Inuvik. She’s going to be here for the first week understanding our consensus government style and participating in some of the work. Welcome, Weronica.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to report to the Assembly that the Standing Committee on Social Programs has reviewed Bill 6, An Act to Amend the Medical Care Act, and wishes to report to the Assembly that Bill 6 is ready for consideration in Committee of the Whole. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. As I mentioned in my previous question, the budget that this organization is already working with is already over budget with the initial start-up costs, and although we are going to continue to have this money allocated on a yearly basis, there are still some costs that need to be covered to ensure that the service is provided only during the winter months, but the heating costs in Inuvik, as we all know with the Inuvik gas situation, are pretty high. So, I was wanting to get a commitment on whether or not we will see extra funding going into this with this project moving forward...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a follow up to my Member’s statement and I have questions for the Minister of Health and Social Services. With the emergency wet shelter happening in Inuvik and some of the research that’s been done in Alaska such as in Nome and Juno, how is the Minister staying on top of this pilot project that has already shown some great success in just over the two months in terms of services being provided as well as a number of residents and a number of things happening in the community such as less call-outs and disturbances, those kinds of things? How is the Minister...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, would like to welcome everybody back into the House as well as welcome any NWT residents who may be viewing, especially through our new satellite option.

In our past O and M budget process, committee worked with government on committing funding for mental health prevention and promotion programs through the Department of Health and Social Services. Some of these funds were provided to the communities of Yellowknife and Inuvik and were to be allocated for day shelters.

In the community of Inuvik, however, the health authority had a meeting and worked with the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I stand here today and I want to thank the mover and seconder for bringing this motion forward. Yesterday we had a strong discussion and strong information brought forward to this House, so the public could understand why we bring motions like this to the floor of the House.

The Education Renewal Initiative is going to be a 10-year plan, so this government has the responsibility and the decisions to put what goes into this plan, something that’s going to be concrete for our future leaders. As I mentioned earlier in my Member’s statement, we do have an organization down...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister mentioned there was a SEED program, and the SEED program for the current individuals and productions that do work in the NWT, there are some limitations such as the policy and the time and date of reporting.

I wonder if the Minister would look at reviewing the SEED policy and possibly adding more funding, increasing the funding that is allowed to these people in the film industry.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I will have some questions for the Minister of ITI dealing with a different type of industry in the Northwest Territories and that’s the film industry.

We have a growing and a strong, dynamic group of individuals in the Beaufort-Delta region, as well as here in Yellowknife. There was a report that came out called the Review of the Film Commission Mandate, so I want to ask the Minister, has there been any progress on work being developed on rebates for people that want to come up and do work, production companies that want to come up to the North and do work. Has...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seconded the motion on the hard work of Mr. Dolynny and all the research he’s done into this and taking the initiative to do the ride-alongs in the city of Yellowknife. We do have a growing concern in my community of Inuvik as well. It started out with the Town of Inuvik making this public, the town council actually, and going to the paper to discuss some of the issues around open alcohol in the downtown core of Inuvik on Mackenzie Road.

On my last trip home, I had a talk with the RCMP and how they’ve changed their policies so they won’t have to deal with anybody who...