Mackenzie Delta

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Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 45)

Thank you, Mr. Vician. Mr. Bromley.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 45)

Minister McLeod.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 45)

Agreed. Moving on to 3-17, activity summary, human resource strategy and policy, operations expenditure summary, $6.830 million. Agreed?

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 44)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just have a question in regard to contract services at $848,000. Could you give us an idea of what that’s for, contract services? Is that consultants?

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 44)

Again I think we also have to realize that we have to deal with the emotional and physical restraints that elders are under. We have to provide those types of programs in the communities to vitalize the elders and keep them active, keep them involved in different community activities and events, and keep them mobile. I’d like to ask the Minister what we’re doing to enhance the physical aspects of elders’ care in communities so that we do keep them active and full participants in our community activities.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 44)

Again, if you are charging somebody on the basis of conservation and you find out that the issue wasn’t really conservation and you have charged somebody and you find out that the issue of conservation wasn’t the factor, the factor was that it was an undercount by way of the lack of or amount of time it took to count the species that is in question, in regards to using conservation as the reason to charge people. Now you find out that the herd is way over or a lot healthier than you basically used the situation of going out there and saying we are down to two caribou. You can’t shoot one...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 44)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It gives me great pleasure to recognize Charlie Furlong who is a mentor of mine who invited me into Aboriginal politics in 1985, 26 years ago, when he was the president of the Mackenzie Delta Regional Council and I was the vice-president. It’s been some time and I’d like to thank Charlie publicly for breaking the trail and leading me astray in some cases, and for all the work that Charlie’s done for the residents of the Mackenzie Delta and the Northwest Territories. He is also serving as the chief of the Aklavik band and is now president of the designated Gwich’in...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 44)

Mr. Chairman, again, I think it’s important that we do identify climate change and impacts that we’re seeing. I think one of the most obvious impacts that we can see is the erosion that we’re seeing with the melting permafrost and the slumping that’s happening throughout the tundra in regard to the coastline erosion and erosion in our mountain valleys, and more importantly, creeks that are basically filling up with mud from slumping and sliding. I think that we have to realize that it’s eventually going to continue to grow. I think that’s one area that we can really show the rest of the world...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 44)

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I also would like to talk about a similar issue in regards to energy management. I think that we have to realize that communities are probably a little ways ahead of us in a lot of this stuff and I know that the communities I represent, Tsiighetchic, Fort McPherson especially, are looking long term which they are looking at setting goals of 2025 of trying to cut their emissions down to 50 percent, and I think the communities are trying to do their part as communities in the Arctic that can show the rest of the world that we are doing our part when it comes to climate...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 44)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. In regard to traditional knowledge funding, like I stated, there’s been a major reduction. In this it’s down to $65,000 from $110,000. Just going back to the previous page in grants and contributions it was some $415,000, but most of that was... I’d just like to know exactly, you mentioned that there’s some $225,000, why does that not show up in that line item where you’re showing $65,000?