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Debates of , (day 7)

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, I wish to table the following document entitled Northwest Territories Law Foundation Annual Report for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2004. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Debates of , (day 7)

Thank you, Madam Speaker. We are not insured to provide the service. The city already does provide it at the pool. I would also add that we don’t do it anywhere else in the territory. There are other beaches you can make exactly the same case for, I believe, such as the one in Hay River, which is inside municipal boundaries.

In terms of the safety issue, it’s a safety issue before the hours that a beach would be supervised, say at 10:00, and after the hours the beach would be supervised, say 6:00 p.m., if the city, for instance, chose to provide life guarding services from 10:00 until 6:00...

Debates of , (day 7)

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I am very confident that over the next 18 months we will have a number of discussions around the impacts and implications of this move of TTC. Certainly I am prepared to sit down with the Social Programs committee, of which the Member is the very able chair, have a discussion around the kinds of program impacts that might be seen and we can do a review, if that’s what the Member is interested in, and make sure that we have done everything we can to mitigate any loss for any program. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Debates of , (day 7)

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I don’t believe we have any indication from Alison McAteer House that they will no longer be able to operate our 1-800 number line. I am certainly willing to sit down and discuss that with them. I think there are a number of months before any transition has been proposed. We do have some time to work out any of these operational challenges and we will certainly be able to be prepared to do that, but, as a first step, I will make sure we contact Alison McAteer House and discuss implementations for the provision of their service. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Debates of , (day 6)

Thank you. Just to be clear, the fees that are applied to the containers, once the recycling takes place, only some of that is recouped by the consumer. The rest of it goes to pay for the operation of the program. So there is a deposit and some of it is refundable and some of it is not. The amount that’s not, goes to pay for the program, both for operations and also to recoup the initial capital investment made by government. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Debates of , (day 6)

Madam Speaker, I also wish to table the following document entitled Annual Report on the Activities of the Rental Office, 2004. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Debates of , (day 6)

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I believe the approach, as the Minister of Finance has indicated, was to make the capital investment required to get the facilities up and running. The government would make that capital investment and it would be recouped through fees that would be collected. So I am not sure of the length of time in terms of the RFPs and how long contracts would be awarded for. The idea is to be able to operate on a break-even basis. We don’t want to subsidize this on a go-forward basis. So fees would pay for the operation and fees would also be used to recoup our initial capital...

Debates of , (day 6)

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, I wish to table the following document entitled Fair Practices Office Annual Report, January 1 to June 30, 2004. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Debates of , (day 5)

Madam Speaker, I wish to table the following document entitled Seizing Opportunities: Securing our Future; Vision, Mission and Goals of the new Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Debates of , (day 5)

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I can give the Member my assurance that this will be absolutely an inclusive model that people right across the Northwest Territories will be able to take advantage of. The tourism sector will be broadly represented. All communities and regions will have representation in the new model. In terms of new money, we are talking about going forward with the business planning process and will handle that in due course with communities to talk about what will be appropriate. Obviously there are some decisions to be made as a government and as a Cabinet. In the coming months...