David Ramsay

I personally am of the opinion that resource development is the key to the future here in the Northwest Territories and I subscribe to a lot of the things that the government is trying to do. But when we’re going out to the communities, especially in small communities where, you know, they’re disadvantaged, they don’t have the opportunities that larger communities have, it’s a hard sell. So I’d like to ask the Premier, how can Regular Members help this government deliver a resource revenue deal for our residents here in the Northwest Territories. Is there anything that we can do, as Regular...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I’d like to speak about the extension of the Ingraham Trail from Tibbett Lake to Lockhart Lake, which is located about 151 kilometres north of Tibbett Lake. This extension also has been referred to as a seasonal overland route into the Slave Geological Province.

Mr. Speaker, there are many reasons why our government should pursue this new road construction. I believe the time is right to get it started. The extension is expected to come in at just under $200 million. This, hopefully, will lead to opportunities for local businesses and contractors to do the work...

I thank the Premier for that and do look forward to us trying to work together to arrive at that goal. I threw some numbers around earlier and, you know, the $300 million and the potential for upwards of $1 billion on resource revenue taken by the federal government from the resources here in the Northwest Territories. I’m wondering if the Premier and the government can put together what is at stake here. What are we talking about in terms of the revenue that Ottawa is taking, what our stake is under the plan that the Premier has talked about, the 50/50 with the cap, and what that really means...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have some questions today for the Premier and it gets back to my Member’s statement. Here in the Northwest Territories we’re on the verge of some pretty substantial undertakings. I know the JRP report is due out soon, we’re also talking now about an extension of the Ingraham Trail -- that’s the seasonal overland route into the Slave Geological Province -- which gets me to thinking, the last time I saw the numbers that the Government of Canada took out of the Northwest Territories in terms of resource revenue is somewhere near $300 million, and projections once the gas...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I know I’m not supposed to ask opinions or ask Ministers for their opinions, but I’m going to go with this. I want to ask the Premier whether he believes that he and his government can deliver a resource revenue deal by the end of the life of this government for the residents of the Northwest Territories. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, I would like to table a product information leaflet, Arepanrix, H1N1, ASO3-Adjuvanted H1N1 pandemic influenza vaccine located on the Health Canada site which was revised October 21, 2009. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d be happy to share this information, this product information leaflet on Arepanrix with the Minister so that she can see what I’m talking about.

Again, my concern, Mr. Speaker, is there shouldn’t be any confusion out there publicly. People have to have this information. I’d like to see this summarized for people before they get a shot so they can see what has actually been done with that vaccine. Again, this is a question I asked earlier, but will the Minister look at providing people who are going to get the flu shot with a list of all the ingredients that’s in the...

Mr. Speaker, I asked specifically about the Arepanrix H1N1 vaccine. Again, this is very confusing for people, confusing for me, confusing for the general public, because if you go to the product information leaflet on Arepanrix H1N1 right off of the Health Canada website, it says right here in healthy adults, aged 18 to 60 years and no -- I repeat no -- clinical experience yet in elderly, in children or in adolescents. What they did is use a different testing model on children and adolescents and the elderly. They didn’t use this. This vaccine has not, to my knowledge off the Health Canada...

Mr. Speaker, the Minister forgot to say one of the ingredients on the list and that was formaldehyde. I would like to add that for her.

The other question I have, Mr. Speaker, on the Department of Health’s H1N1 flu site, it says at the end: “MYTH: because H1N1 vaccine is new, it is untested and unsafe. FACT:” -- and at the end of that statement it says -- “and no safety concerns have been found.” The reason, Mr. Speaker, I bring this up is because it is confusing for people out there when they do go to the Health Canada website and they see some of what are the side effects: very common; common...

Mr. Speaker, again, that is a nice story. I am glad people are getting their shot, but the question I had for the Minister was: at the multiplex today were there product information leaflets available to the public who are getting their shot that clearly indicates every ingredient in that vaccine, Mr. Speaker? By the sounds of it, people have to ask what is in it. I don’t think that is appropriate. I think that we should be providing the public with that type of information. I would like to ask the Minister, if that isn’t the case, if she could provide that level of information to our...