Bob McLeod

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that Bill 1, Reindeer Act, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Monfwi, that Bill 2, Archaeological Sites Act, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following document, entitled NWT Days Evaluation, November 2013. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I, too, would like to thank the Electoral Boundaries Commission for the work they did. We asked the commission to look at the three options. In hindsight, perhaps we should have asked them to come up with options for each of the three options. That might have been able to encompass more scenarios.

I think, at the risk of repeating what others have said, we are 42,000 people here in the Northwest Territories with 19 MLAs. So when you average that out, the average population to have effective representation would be approximately 2,200 people. We all know that the...

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Wednesday, November 6, 2013, I will move that Bill 2, Archaeological Sites Act, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Wednesday, November 6, 2013, I will move that Bill 3, Surface Rights Board Act, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Wednesday, November 6, 2013, I will move that Bill 1, Reindeer Act, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We are aware of this request in response to the opposition of previous funding, as the Member indicated in her Member’s statement. We do have a capital planning policy and we have previously responded to the committee that it’s very simple: we will not be entertaining those requests anymore. Any requests will go through the capital planning process. There will be no queue jumping, and any requests that come from the public, we will share with the committee. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. So I guess my understanding is that the Member is not offended by the fact that we have provided such funding in the past, but would like to see a process where we can continue to do so. We’re quite prepared to discuss this with committee. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, what I said was we have a capital planning process. Any requests will go through that process.

In the past we have contributed approximately $2 million to Betty House. We provided $60,000 per year for Rockhill Apartments. We provided funds for repairs to NGO facilities through the CAEP budget. We recently reduced the rent charged to the Centre for Northern Families housing. We provided operating funding for North Slave Housing and we provided capital and operating funding for Avens. The policy, as I indicated, any requests for funding we will say no. We will also share it with the...