Calvin Pokiak

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. I’d like to recognize my sister Julia Trennert up in the gallery. Thank you very much.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Deh Cho, that Bill 6, Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act, be read for the third time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just want a clarification regarding appointment of a tourism officer. Will they be employees of ITI, or can you just take somebody off the street and appoint them as a tourism officer? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just in regard to this clause, I'm just wondering if the Minister is talking with ILA in regard to the Husky Lakes area. Of course, I understand that he might have a certain area that's been restricted for tourism. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It has sort of something to do with that, but again having worked at the Inuvialuit Land Administration before I know that some people sort of get approved and I don't know how much follow-up is in regard to licence issued to the individuals and then what the department is doing after. So I'd just like to know what kind of monitoring system is there to ensure that the Inuvialuit that are going on 7(1)(a), 7(1)(b) will apply to this legislation. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just have a quick question on the Minister's opening comments. He said they're going to start consulting with aboriginal organizations. I'm just wondering, Mr. Chairman, presently the Inuvialuit are entitled to a private…(inaudible)…on 7(1)(a), 7(1)(b) and also have a say with the ISR of our agreement. I would just like to ask the Minister, basically the process now is there are a number of commercial tourism operators on 7(1)(a), 7(1)(b) that have to apply to Inuvialuit Land Administration, and also they have to apply to the GNWT for operation on Crown lands....

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Before I start, I would like to extend a birthday greeting to my daughter in Nanaimo, B.C. Thank you.

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Mr. Speaker, my Member’s statement today is about the need for gravel for maintenance of roads, driveways and pads for further development in Tuktoyaktuk. Mr. Speaker, access to gravel sources accessible are only during the winter months, mainly because of the distance and sensitivity of the terrain. We all know, Mr. Speaker, the weather has been extraordinarily warm, which means construction of ice roads to nearby communities will probably be in late...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The bill we have before us will modernize the practice of pharmacy in the Northwest Territories. It provides pharmacists with their scope and regulation of practice, and further clarifies the roles of doctors, pharmacists and nurses in issuing and…(inaudible)…prescriptions.

It also moves the drug schedules from legislation to regulation, which will allow the department the ability to add and de-list drugs from the schedules as required, and respond to emerging health care crises by temporarily moving drugs to a lower schedule in order to increase availability.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife South, that Bill 14, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 2, be read for the third time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, last week I did a Member’s statement on the beluga whales and…(inaudible)...Listening to the CBC report this afternoon, half of the 200 whales are making their way out of Husky Lakes. DFO is apparently watching and monitoring them very closely. Also, subsequently in the report this afternoon the president of hunters and trappers in Tuk indicated that if it comes down to it, if it’s necessary to harvest these beluga whales, that they don’t have the funds to do that. So I’d like to ask the Minister of ENR, will the funds be available at a certain point of...