Glen Abernethy

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Last October I made a statement in this House and asked the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment a number of questions regarding the possibility of facilitating curated art and/or craft shows and exhibits here in the Northwest Territories. A curated show is usually one where a collection of items, such as paintings, are pulled together by a professional body who has an interest in displaying this certain body of work in order to highlight the cultural and historic value. The body of work is usually researched and its significance is outlined as part of the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I really look forward to seeing the documents and the research that they pull together. As they move forward, I agree wholeheartedly that involving the NWT Arts Council is incredibly important, but I know there are other arts organizations and other arts associations out there. I would like to encourage the Minister to engage these organizations like the Aurora Arts Society as well as representatives from the Great Northern Arts Festival up in the Beaufort-Delta. I think there are a lot of individuals who could add some real insight to this. In moving forward, I would...

Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment for that response as well as the Minister for ITI for agreeing to work with the Minister on this initiative. I am curious. There is a lot of good work being done, but can we actually expect to see at least one officially curative show just as a trial during the 2011-12 fiscal year? Do we expect those to be in subsequent fiscal years? I would like to see one, at least a small one, to show that we can do it sometime during the 2011-12 fiscal year. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize a constituent of the Great Slave riding, Ms. Margaret Peterson.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Is committee agreed that there are no further general comments?

We will start with Clause 1.

---Clauses 1 through 37 inclusive approved

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. General comments. Mr. Krutko.

Can we proceed with the clause-by-clause review of Bill 2?

Thank you, committee. Sergeant-at-Arms, if I could please get you to bring the witnesses into the Chamber.

Mr. Beaulieu, could I please get you to introduce your witnesses to the House?

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Welcome to the witnesses. We will now open the floor up to general comments. As with previous bills, we will go through all the Members who want to make general comments and then we will go to Mr. Beaulieu for a response. Is committee agreed?