Floyd Roland

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I don't have that detail with me and we can provide that to Members as well.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nahendeh, that Bill 13, Change of Name Act, be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill repeals and replaces the existing Change of Name Act, to provide an efficient scheme for changing the names of individuals, including giving enhanced public notice of name changes through accessible means of publication.

The registrar general of vital statistics will enter a change of name in the change of name register, publish notice of the change of name and provide notice of the change to certain authorities. The Minister may...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the one position would be water policy analyst for policy legislation and communication division. That’s to provide expertise of territorial and inter-jurisdictional water management policy matters. The other position would be water technical advisor for the environmental protection division to assess impacts of development upstream of the NWT and contribute technical advice on water quality and water quantity issues. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I know this is a sensitive issue and a very critical one in the Northwest Territories. This area is going to continue to be a problem, as we heard the Members speak about this issue today. I can go into a long process on my personal experience, but rather than that, I will go into some of the work we have done and what we are trying to do. There has been work done by previous governments as well as the Department of Health and Social Services working around how our programs are working. We have heard it, as I sat on the other side of the floor, from...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the department is planning to begin this work in this upcoming year and returning to the business planning process for 2008-2011 to try to come up with how we would fit in there. It was initially over a three-year period to come in with the legislation and how we were going to implement. We have been directed to try to cut that down to bring this up to speed sooner rather than later. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I don't have a complete scope of what the work was, but the project was redefined to fit the existing budget and, due to the late start, construction was delayed until this spring. But I don't have any further detail as to the size of it. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nahendeh, that Bill 10, Forgiveness of Debts Act, 2007-2008, be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill authorizes the forgiveness of debts owed to the government and public agencies.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the goal of the Interim Resource Management Assistance Program is to enable communities in the unsettled claim areas to develop and maintain capacity in three main areas; one, reviewing licence permit applications for land and water use; forced resource use, tourism, scientific or wildlife research, oil and gas rights and issuances and related matters; two, consultation and participation, environmental assessments, having potential impacts on land and resources; and, three, enhancing the ability to participate in consultations related to resource management...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, the Member is asking for my opinion on a process that is underway right now in negotiation. I am not prepared to give that at this point. I am prepared to work with my department, the Yellowknife Health and Social Services Authority, to hopefully come out with a successful conclusion. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the report that was done on the ambulance and highway rescue, what you see here is the first phase of it. The $100,000 is the Department of Health and Social Services’ piece. That is working on creating the legislation. Municipal and Community Affairs has $200,000 that is available to communities that are delivering their own ambulance services at this time. There were a number of options in the final report, five of them to be exact. One, for example, was option one which was the status quo, no changes, let everybody do what they are doing. Option 1(a)...