Bob Bromley

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Perhaps that’s something we can discuss over supper sometime.

My last question is: will the Minister commit to an early identification of summer student positions within ENR and make sure that’s publicly posted so that students can address specifically with those positions in mind and underscore the credentials that they have for them? Thank you. I like dessert, too.

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 Attended by a small but dedicated crowd, the meeting spent considerable precious time dwelling on highly outdated goals and objectives of the old plan.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...

Just looking outside, we’re right along on our spring. I’d say it’s almost summer. Last year I believe ENR hired about 40 students. I know students have been out of school for some time. They’re waiting desperately to hear. Will the Minister commit to hiring at least 40 students, as he did last year, again this year and get word to them quickly?

Thanks for the comments from the Minister. It sounds like that’s going to at least take care of the alligators that are latched onto their ankles right now and I appreciate that action. It seems from this that the government is, indeed, going to take full advantage of the programs and services available through the Smart Communities Society. But for the full benefit of all the people in all the communities in the Northwest Territories, considerable work remains to be done, and I’m assuming from this action that the government agrees with this, so I’m wondering what action is proposed, what...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize a couple of residents of Weledeh: Barb Hood and Bob Stevens.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Perhaps that’s something we can discuss over supper sometime.

My last question is: will the Minister commit to an early identification of summer student positions within ENR and make sure that’s publicly posted so that students can address specifically with those positions in mind and underscore the credentials that they have for them? Thank you. I like dessert, too.

Just looking outside, we’re right along on our spring. I’d say it’s almost summer. Last year I believe ENR hired about 40 students. I know students have been out of school for some time. They’re waiting desperately to hear. Will the Minister commit to hiring at least 40 students, as he did last year, again this year and get word to them quickly?

Thanks for the comments from the Minister. It sounds like that’s going to at least take care of the alligators that are latched onto their ankles right now and I appreciate that action. It seems from this that the government is, indeed, going to take full advantage of the programs and services available through the Smart Communities Society. But for the full benefit of all the people in all the communities in the Northwest Territories, considerable work remains to be done, and I’m assuming from this action that the government agrees with this, so I’m wondering what action is proposed, what...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize a couple of residents of Weledeh: Barb Hood and Bob Stevens.

Question is being called.

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Mr. Menicoche.