Frederick Blake Jr.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, have many concerns about junior kindergarten. I know the communities I represent have signed up to take this on in the fall.

This year was the first year of a pilot project and Tsiigehtchic was one of the communities that did the pilot project. Because there are only two students enrolled, it wasn’t as challenging and they did receive $40,000 to help with the pilot project, which the communities won’t be getting next year. That’s the concern. That’s the issue here.

The communities need extra funding to help implement this, whether it’s for materials they need to...

Many of those elders and people that do live out on the land do not sell what they make out there. A lot of them share it with their families or barter with other people for other goods.

Will the Minister overlook the policy and help my constituents rebuild their camps on the land?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have questions for the Minister of ITI in follow-up to my Member’s statement. Last year, in 2013, we had a major flood in the Mackenzie Delta from the Peel River and there were about 20 cabins that were flooded, some by two or three feet. There were actually three cabins that drifted away down the Peel River.

I’d like to ask the Minister, out of roughly 20 claims filed, why was there only one claim approved?

Mr. Speaker, WHEREAS Section 103 of the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act provides for the approval of sole adjudicators by motion of this House;

AND WHEREAS it is desirable to have persons approved for appointment as sole adjudicators for conflict of interest matters under Section 103 of the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act;

NOW THEREFORE I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Monfwi, that the following persons be approved by the Legislative Assembly as sole adjudicators:

Honourable Ronald L. Barclay;

Mr. Paul D.K. Fraser;

Mr. Ronald Perozzo;

Honourable J.E. (Ted)...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That leads me to my fourth question. Will the Minister and his officials come to Fort McPherson and work with the community on a better recovery plan? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Why did the department not step in sooner to fix this problem?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My statement today is on municipal services in Fort McPherson. Over the past couple of years, the hamlet incurred a deficit of over $2 million. This deficit has affected the hamlet, the employees and the users of the services. My constituents continue to call, asking why they have to pay back the deficit, which the hamlet council took upon themselves for better services, only to be pulled deeper into debt.

I want to ask the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, where is the control? At what point does the department step up and say there’s something wrong? Where...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, would like to support this motion, but due to the wording in the motion, it made me refrain from supporting any hydraulic fracturing proposals as we already have some work that is to be done this winter.

I too, like Mr. Moses, have a lot of constituents in my riding that rely on this work that is being done, upwards of 30 to 40 people. In my communities I have a 35 percent employment rate. We have to have some sort of balance here.

I like the Minister’s stance that they’re going out, consulting with the communities. That is what our people wanted. I think a lot...

Can the Minister and his department move to a five- to 10-year plan to pay back the deficit to ease the cost of living in Fort McPherson? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs. At the moment, we are in the process of writing off debts to BDIC.

Can the Minister and his department write off the deficit for the Hamlet of Fort McPherson? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.