David Krutko

Mackenzie Delta

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 20)

Mr. Speaker, I didn’t hear anything in regards to the meetings held between the Minister of Finance and Nancy Sothern. Was that a pitch for Nancy Southern to come up with $6 million to basically kick-start the Taltson proposal?

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 20)

Mr. Chair, in regard to the Minister’s earlier comments, right now you spend something like 14 weeks in the community during breakup and freeze-up, so you already fill that gap during breakup and freeze-up, so why couldn’t you fill the gap for the rest of the year using that same type of a scenario? I’ve been talking about this issue for so long that I’m starting to feel like a broken record, just keep asking the same question and getting the same answers. I think that, at the end of the day, we have to find a resolution to this problem. I think that knowing there have been nurses or locums...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 20)

Mr. Yakeleya.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 20)

Minister Lee.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 20)

Mr. Speaker, in the case of request for proposals, government seems to do that a lot. I am just wondering in regards to comments made by the Premier, is there a formal request for proposal that has been put out there in regards to allowing the interested parties or aboriginal organizations or formally some corporations in the Northwest Territories to look at the possibility of partnering on some of these large-scale projects.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 20)

In regard to the 18 positions for the Beaufort-Delta, what are those positions?

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 20)

Minister of Health.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 20)

Minister of Health.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 20)

Clarification, $5.957 million.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 20)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Northwest Territories government has been looking at the so-called ATCO proposal. Mr. Speaker, there have been discussions between the Premier, the Minister of Finance and Nancy Southern of ATCO.

Mr. Speaker, with regard to assets this government owns, in excess of almost $200 million, it’s one of the largest assets this government has been able to retain after division. Mr. Speaker, the asset is owned not only by the Government of the Northwest Territories but the people of the Northwest Territories, which was transferred back in 1988 from the federal...