Frieda Martselos

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the other day, on May 30th, the mayor and council of Yellowknife held a meeting to discuss whether the city should enter into a memorandum of understanding with Aurora College and the Government of the Northwest Territories about the location of the Yellowknife campus for the future polytechnic university. There were multiple media reports about that meeting which implied some concerning and misleading information about the future polytechnic university and where its main campus and headquarters will be located.

Mr. Speaker, it has already been reiterated...

Madam Chair, during that time that this of the serious incident in March, the whole community was in lockdown. It was a very, very serious situation. And, you know, and there's a lot of disappointment with some of the things that happened with regards to seeing we always seem to protect the person who potentially committed the crime but we always and we kind of make sure that everything is right for that person, but we always forget about what's right for the victims.

And I think that that family was victimized and they will never ever get over it. It's a life changing situation for them. It...

No questions.

Madam Chair, it's disturbing to me that Canadian North got 46.5 percent of the contributions that were given. Every other airline across the board all are less than 10 percent. And regional airlines, especially the one from Northwestern Air Lease, was 4.1, the lifeline to some communities like Fort Smith and especially Fort Smith, because that's all we have there. And it was a major problem the last time, the phase 4 was brought out. And it concerns me that the majority of the monies that go out to these major airlines, ownership is not in the Northwest Territories.

The ownership with...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just want to question the funding for air carriers for the period of January 1st to March 31st, 2022.

I understand that there was a million that was put aside for regional airlines that was not spent in the previous year, and the Government of the Northwest Territories received an extension for an extra year to get the money out. Is that million going to be spent on regional airlines? And if you did that, there would be only $1,091,000 that would be left for the other airlines, is that correct?

In favour.

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Friday, June the 3rd, 2022, I will move the following motion: I move, second by the honourable Member for Hay River North, that when this House adjourns on Friday, June 3, 2022, it shall be adjourned until Thursday, October 13, 2022; and furthermore, that at any time prior October 13, 2022, if the Speaker is satisfied, after consultation with the Executive Council and Members of the Legislative Assembly, that the public interest requires that the House should meet at an earlier time during the adjournment, or at a time later than the scheduled resumption of...

Mr. Speaker, will the Minister commit to have ECE and Aurora College staff meet with the mayor and council of Fort Smith to have a similar meeting, as they did with the Yellowknife city council, to discuss plans for the future polytechnic university. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister of Education assure me, and the constituents of Thebacha, that Fort Smith is still the intended location for the main campus and headquarters of the future polytechnic university? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

I don't have any questions.