David Ramsay

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Monday, February 21, 2005, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nahendeh, that pursuant to section 18 of the Official Languages Act, Shannon Gullberg be appointed as Northwest Territories Language Commissioner; and further, that the appointment be effective February 22, 2005. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Maybe the Minister can help me too with this one; or Mr. Murray, perhaps. I know two of my colleagues have raised this issue; not this issue specifically, but the publication that just recently came out on STIs. Who made the decision to go from what was termed a sexually-transmitted disease to a sexually-transmitted infection? The reason I say that is because disease puts the fear of God into young people, if they think they are going to get a disease as opposed to an infection. If you go strictly on that, it’s counterproductive to start calling it an STI when most...

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Menicoche.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just found that to be a really interesting way of reporting that loss, that $231,000 as opposed to $3 million, so that it wasn’t really portrayed the way that I believe it probably should have been portrayed. I’d hate to think that any other program or service suffered as a result of your department having to try to find this money from within. The next question I have, Mr. Chairman, is the recommendation that’s before us in terms of the date. I’m wondering how optimistic the Minister is that a purchaser will be found for the Sirius plant so we can mitigate the...

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Back to 2-5, $3.116 million.

Mr. Menicoche.