David Ramsay

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions today are for the Minister of Justice, the Honourable Charles Dent. I’d like to start off by saying that last Friday I started some questions saying that the department and the Minister were non-responsive to some questions I had. They were responsive, Mr. Speaker, but maybe just not with the answers I was looking for. I’d like to apologize to the Minister if I upset him with the questioning.

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The question I have today for the Minister, Mr. Speaker, is last week I talked about a list targeting employees at the North Slave Correctional...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I know some of my colleagues were asking questions earlier; that $3.4 million is included in the $6.6 million, is it not, Madam Chair? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, let’s say for all things being equal, two grads from the Aurora College Northern Nursing Program, one goes into obstetrics and one goes into surgery. They have the same skill set, they just got out of college. One gets paid more because she’s in obstetrics than the other one in surgery, Mr. Speaker. What is Stanton doing to make sure that the nurses that are coming into the specialty areas have the skills, the certification and the knowledge to get paid and to be in that specialty area? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am just wondering if the Minister is aware of some concern among employees at the North Slave Correctional Centre, that management does indeed have a list of targeted employees, Mr. Speaker, that they have singled out and that they are going after, Mr. Speaker. Is the Minister aware of this list being in existence? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have been getting a number of phone calls and e-mails. One e-mail was even titled "The Department of Injustice," Mr. Speaker. There is a disturbing situation that occurred recently with an employee being terminated at the North Slave Correctional Centre; an employee, Mr. Speaker, that indeed was speaking out against management practices and the hiring process at North Slave Correctional Centre. I find it to be quite a coincidence. A day after he was assaulted by an inmate, he was relieved of his duties as a correctional guard at that centre. It is a...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about the National Youth Safety Conference hosted by the Workers’ Compensation Board of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The conference will be held in Yellowknife on October 22nd, today, the 23rd and 24th. Over 110 young people from across the country between the ages of 16 and 24 will be arriving in Yellowknife to sharpen their safety skills in the workplace.

This will be the first National Youth Safety Conference hosted North of 60. The conference is called “What if You Couldn’t.” It’s aimed at instructing young workers...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

WHEREAS section 103.(1) of the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act provides for the approval of sole adjudicators by motion of the House;

AND WHEREAS it’s desirable to have persons approved for appointment as sole adjudicators under 103.(2) of the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act;

AND WHEREAS the Board of Management has considered a number of qualified persons for approval as sole adjudicators;

NOW THERFORE I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife South, that the following persons be approved by the Legislative Assembly as sole...