Alfred Moses

Thank you. That report that gave us the red flag came out about 2004. We do have the Healthy Choices Framework to try to address it, but where are we at right now in the Northwest Territories? We’re at historic rates and I’d like to ask the Minister, what is this Minister doing to work with his federal counterparts to address these historic rates so that we can start taking care of our residents as obesity leads to a lot of chronic disease. As I mentioned yesterday, 70 percent of all deaths are related to chronic disease. What is the Minister of Health and Social Services doing to work with...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to say today that I’m very honoured to be wearing my pink shirt on Pink Shirt Day. I would also like to thank Minister Lafferty for providing us with this pink carnation for Anti-Bullying Day. I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank the children and their educators for coming out today and showing their support, creating awareness in bringing this very hot topic to the forefront of Members here in this House as well as residents of the Northwest Territories. You should be very happy and very proud of what you did today.

Last night, when we were done here...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It was to my surprise and great interest that on February 21st when I opened up the Inuvik Drum there was a very educational and historic story that was told by my father, and it was entitled The Mad Trapper Case Recalled. It’s about some oral history that’s never ever been told in the books, and I was really surprised to hear that my father decided to let the public know, and let the historians know, some of the things that had happened during one of the biggest stories in the Northwest Territories, and that was the Mad Trapper of Rat River.

This is something that my...

Just one last final question here. Is there any type of clauses that are put into the initial contract for big projects like this when we get an initial contractor doing the assessments? Are there any clauses that would put any change order costs or additional costs on the contractor to ensure that they do a completely thorough assessment of the project that needs to be completed? Is there any type of clause in the contract and, if not, would the Minister be willing to get one completed? Or adding one?

Thank you, Madam Chair. Once again under this heading, I’ll go back to my initial questioning in terms of contract and procurement where I made mention of it in the general comments. Specifically, when this department does any contracting procurement, and awards contracts through the RFP process, and does look at awarding contracts to whomever it may be that get the winning contract, whether they’re a northern contractor or a southern contractor, how often does this department conduct change orders?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I know that both comments were pretty long there, and I do understand the Minister does have a very big department and a lot of responsibility to be working with, he and his staff. When I do refer to reports I refer to it from a ground-level worker, which I’ve done for many, many years, and some recommendations when I left a conference or a workshop feeling good knowing that those recommendations were to be addressed or looked at and they never, ever did. Now that I’m in a position to see if we can try to get those addressed, I feel good about it because I’m saying...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just to briefly touch on this motion here. I think committee members and residents don’t have to look any further than some of the key findings in the Health Status Report that was brought forth in August 2011 and some of the key findings that need to be addressed to protect and increase the healthy living of our residents of the Northwest Territories. Obviously, with my background, and seeing the effectiveness of health promotion and education initiatives, and putting more dollars into that and investing into our people, I will be supporting this motion. Like I said...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I have a motion. I move that this committee strongly recommends that the government take immediate action to identify the funding necessary to develop and establish a territorial detox program model and implementation plan that will lead to the creation of four detox beds – two each in the northern and southern parts of the Northwest Territories – during the 2013-2014 fiscal year.

Thank you. Would the Minister not only look at the detachments here in the Northwest Territories, but also work with other jurisdictions that might have possibly taken some of the artifacts, some of the archives from the Northwest Territories when we didn’t have specific detachments here in the Northwest Territories and look at possibly bringing them back to the North? So our Northerners, our residents, can see those archives, see those artifacts, and be proud of the RCMP and the heritage that they have in the Northwest Territories. Would the Minister be willing to look at other jurisdictions...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Just following up to my Member’s statement earlier, the North has a big history of work that the RCMP division has done not only in the Northwest Territories but across Nunavut and the Yukon as well. I’d like to ask the Minister of Justice if there’s any type of museum infrastructure or some room dedicated to all of the history, and the good work and significant events that the RCMP “G” Division has done in the North, and is there somewhere dedicated in the Northwest Territories that our residents and our public can be part of that history and learn that history. Thank...