Bob Bromley

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thanks again to the Minister. I’m also well impressed with MACA’s new vigilance in enforcement to prevent new cases of squatting in the block land transfer area. Are you listening, federal government? Can the Minister say what the status on legal actions is here?

Thanks for the Minister’s commitment there. I did expect to hear the response that this is why we need devolution, of course, but obviously that will be then and this is now.

We control the lands on the west side of Prosperous, they control it on the east, and they’re not doing anything. I’m wondering, though, since the Minister mentions devolution, the federal government has indicated to the Premier and this government that they will give GNWT more involvement, at least now that an AIP is signed. How will the Minister of MACA use this opportunity to exert our influence, use our example, and...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize Darrell Beaulieu, a resident of the Weledeh riding, and any other residents of Weledeh that might be in the gallery that I haven’t seen yet.

I do notice that the budget is up for ENR this year compared to last, so I’m hoping the Minister will confirm that means we’ll be hiring at least 40, and probably more students. I am concerned about the concept of challenge and accountability, because I have information from constituents indicating that in some cases equally qualified people have lost out to people with lower priority status. I’m wondering in ENR if there’s apparently no public listing of what jobs were on offer, how can applicants know whether their priority status was honoured when job offers were made in the department.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have questions for the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources on summer students. I’m concerned about the transparency and efficiency of the summer student hiring process and I’m wondering if ENR puts out a file of the positions that they have identified, presumably, as I understand it, in December on the positions that are available for students so that they can underscore the credentials that they have towards those specific summer student positions.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Reluctantly, I’d like to go for supper, but my question is for the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment. I’d like to note that Yellowknife Members recently met with representatives of the Smart Communities Society of the Northwest Territories and learned about the issues that they are facing and some of the risks involved with those issues. Could the Minister inform the House on what action this government has taken to strengthen the relationship between the GNWT and the Smart Communities Society of the Northwest Territories? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Recently I attended the two-day conference on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation sponsored by the NWT Association of Communities, Pembina Institute, and Ecology North. I salute that expression of the sense of urgency civil society places upon climate change action and the support NWTAC received from government departments.

I also attended a local consultation on a new Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategy. Attended by a small but dedicated crowd, the meeting spent considerable precious time dwelling on highly outdated goals and objectives of the old plan. Subsequent...

I do notice that the budget is up for ENR this year compared to last, so I’m hoping the Minister will confirm that means we’ll be hiring at least 40, and probably more students. I am concerned about the concept of challenge and accountability, because I have information from constituents indicating that in some cases equally qualified people have lost out to people with lower priority status. I’m wondering in ENR if there’s apparently no public listing of what jobs were on offer, how can applicants know whether their priority status was honoured when job offers were made in the department.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have questions for the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources on summer students. I’m concerned about the transparency and efficiency of the summer student hiring process and I’m wondering if ENR puts out a file of the positions that they have identified, presumably, as I understand it, in December on the positions that are available for students so that they can underscore the credentials that they have towards those specific summer student positions.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Reluctantly, I’d like to go for supper, but my question is for the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment. I’d like to note that Yellowknife Members recently met with representatives of the Smart Communities Society of the Northwest Territories and learned about the issues that they are facing and some of the risks involved with those issues. Could the Minister inform the House on what action this government has taken to strengthen the relationship between the GNWT and the Smart Communities Society of the Northwest Territories? Thank you.