David Krutko

Mr. Chair, if it’s acceptable to the House, can we do this in blocks? We’ve got 80-something clauses, so it could save us some time. So if that’s acceptable to the rest of the House, maybe we could consider that.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As I stated earlier, the majority of positions I meant, but I think if you take a close look at exactly where you look at the Indian branch lands and the management of those Indian branch lands by bands in our communities. Also in regard to the municipal lands in our communities, there are special arrangements.

I find it kind of odd from the Minister and the deputy stating that they don’t have anything to do with it because it’s a federal land claim agreement. Those municipal lands that were selected through the land claim agreement are in our communities. There are...

Again, as we all know, most community planners and people that basically make these decisions don’t come from the communities. Most of the decisions are made at the regional...or Yellowknife on how those plans are going to be imposed and developed. How can you, without having the wording in this legislation, ensure that they take that into consideration and just assume that somebody understands the land claim agreements or somebody understands that you do have the unique situations that I mentioned? So without having the wording in this agreement, you are assuming that hiring somebody from...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I did have issue with regard to the need for the abrogation and derogation clause. I think it’s important to realize that this type of legislation does have an overarching effect on land claim agreements. Lands have been designated for Indian branch lands or IAB lands, better known.

We have reserves in the Northwest Territories. We also have claims that have lands within the specific boundaries that were negotiated in comprehensive claims which are called municipal lands within the confines of municipalities. I think, as we have learned, it’s very difficult to try to imply...

Again, it does come down to a question of service. Like I stated, individuals in the community of Fort McPherson service 800 people. You have an individual in Tsiigehtchic who is serving 170 people. He’s making almost twice as much as the person that’s serving 800 people. I think you have to look at it in the confines of the service delivery system and the number of clients you are having to provide that service to. Would you consider a per diem ratio system of how you charge under the medical programs and services on those, like services that you charge on a per diem basis?

Can the Minister tell me, out of the $5 million revolving fund how much money is left in the fund, and how has it been allocated and distributed?

I believe the program must have been working at one time, because you were able to get the cheapest gas in the region from the community of Tsiigehtchic where this petroleum products division operates. Now they are the highest in the region. Other suppliers of those products are cheaper from other outlying communities, whether it’s Aklavik, Inuvik, or Fort McPherson, which are adjacent to this community. I’d like to ask the Minister, can you look into if the subsidy was applied in the community of Tsiigehtchic and why is it their rates are the highest in the region?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, colleagues. On Sunday, June 26, 2011, Jonathan was struck and killed by a speeding car as he walked across 118th Avenue in Edmonton. Thirty-one years old, way too early for his time.

Jonathan was survived by his parents, James and May; his sister, Jayda; his nephew, Liam; his brother, Fraser; and his love, Andrea.

Jonathan was very proud of who he was and where he came from, proud to be Gwich’in, proud to be from Teetlìt Zheh. Jonathan Steven Andre was laid to rest in Teetlit Zheh on Sunday, July 2nd. He was our Gwich’in boxer and we are all so proud of him...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, colleagues. Again, I’d like to state that it’s not only what’s in the land claim agreements. I know I spoke about IAB lands and treaty rights. I think that these conflicts can exist simply by going ahead without getting a band council motion. People have tried that in the past, and they’ve basically learned the hard way and they’ve ended up in court. I think that’s what we’re trying to avoid here, that we avoid a long, drawn out process, and take the time to consider those other legal binding obligations we have, whether it’s through treaty entitled lands, land...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, I’d like to ask the Minister, would you consider looking at the type of contracts that are in place either as an hourly-based contract, a monthly contract, and why is it that you’d have these different types of contracts. Is there a possibility of streamlining the contracts so they are being funded to do the job they have to do, and they’re not being simply on an as-and-when basis, and that you’d consider a universal contracting system to maintain the highways of the Northwest Territories using a specific means of paying for the services for those contracts?