Calvin Pokiak

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a question on the Beaufort-Delta Divisional Education Council. It has declined from $23,997 to $23,881. Is that simply because of teaching positions? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would appreciate that for the Members on this side.

Just following that, after the revised main estimates in 2004-05, going from $4.847 million, then in 2005-06, we are at $4.666 million. Is there a reason why there’s a decline in that, Mr. Chairman?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. To give you a bit of history, although I’m sure you probably know it, back in the mid-70s to early '80s, when there was a lot of activity up in the Tuktoyaktuk area, there was a thing called Tuk Tech which was utilized by a lot of people in the region. At that time everything was worked out of Fort Smith, but some of the opportunities like fourth class power engineering and hotel trades, I guess, were offered at that time. They worked really well and I’m proud to say, Mr. Chairman, that under that program, I was one of the lucky people to get my fourth class power...

Qujannamiik, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. You may have noticed that we are having a theme day on housing today. I will be speaking on the need to educate public housing tenants, who may have the financial ability to own their own home, on the dangers and pitfalls of purchasing their unit from the NWT Housing Corporation.

Over the last few years, Mr. Speaker, the NWT Housing Corporation has decided to sell off a number of their older units to those tenants or persons who can afford to maintain their own home. I know of a few elders in Nunakput who have taken on the responsibility of...

Thank you again, Mr. Chairman. Under capital infrastructure for community libraries various…Oh, I'm sorry; I'm going to have to wait until next year. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Federal Ministers John Godfrey and Ethel Blondin-Andrew and territorial Minister Michael McLeod jointly announced new federal and territorial funding of $32 million for the municipal rural infrastructure fund and a further $90 million for highway projects, on January 18, 2005.

Mr. Speaker, my understanding of how this will work is that 55 percent of the fund is for non-tax-based communities and 45 percent is for tax-based communities. I applaud the federal and territorial governments on the recent announcement. However, we all know this funding is just the tip of the...

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Page 2-63, activity summary, labour relations and compensation services.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. General comments. Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Roland.