Herbert Nakimayak

I appreciate the response from the Premier. Mr. Speaker, have the GNWT's concerns been addressed in the NWT chapter of the Arctic Policy Framework? If not, what are some of the outstanding issues?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize a couple of pages from Angik School and their chaperone, Stephanie Illasiak. The pages are Kassius Green and Hope Gordon-Thrasher. Also, I have another cousin who is a page here, as well, Tori Haogak. It is good to see the youth up-and-coming and working at the Legislative Assembly and seeing the proceedings. I just want to wish everybody here in the gallery a good afternoon. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chair. On the website, there were three delivery dates. You know, the first one was August 12th, I believe. That would have been an acceptable time.

The Minister mentioned to me during committee meeting that the fuel failed inspection at Norman Wells. How could the fuel get all the way from Hay River terminal to Norman Wells and only getting inspected at that point? I think that's where you need to look. Obviously, like I said, somebody was asleep at the wheel somewhere. I think we need to look at this as a learning lesson for everybody. For myself, I believe in the Minister...

I think this error that just occurred with this airlift going on is I don't think we really need a survey to realize that there's, you know, what they found storage for dry goods overnight and whether it would be in Tuktoyaktuk or in Inuvik. I think those places logistically can be a good place. You know, the Minister is talking about maintenance to barges. You can bring a barge up the river to do maintenance on it, you know, every year or every two years, whatever it may be.

The bottleneck on Great Slave Lake when it's full of ice and the Mackenzie River is open is the actual bottlenecks...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am just wondering: there are a lot of businesses that have lost out on tens of thousands of dollars in contracts and business. By the time we reach 2019, some businesses may not stay afloat. I'm just wondering. I'm looking at the newspaper right now, the Nunatsiaq News, and they are talking about looking at compensation that they mention. Mr. Vandenberg mentioned that there would be no compensation for any business or anybody who was losing out. Does the department still stand by their word of not compensating anyone for all their losses for equipment, vehicles...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks to the Minister for bringing his witnesses. Mr. Chair, this affects, actually, three of my communities and one of them being Sachs Harbour, with a sealift of gasoline that wasn't delivered to the community. The Minister stated last week during the session that there would be no airlift of gasoline to Sachs Harbour. I'm just wondering if that's going to be added to or put in somewhere along the lines of the airlift to the other three remaining communities? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I appreciate the response from the Premier. Mr. Speaker, does the Premier know when a draft policy will be released?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, earlier I spoke about the Arctic Policy Framework and the NWT chapter. I have questions for the Premier.

Mr. Speaker, my first question is: how has the GNWT engaged with the federal government in the development of the Arctic Policy Framework to date? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the federal government has been working on a new Arctic Policy Framework since December 2016. The NWT will have a chapter in the policy, and, to ensure this chapter reflects the views of our residents, the GNWT has engaged with stakeholders across the territory and released "what we heard" reports for sessions with Indigenous governments, industry and business, GNOs, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, in one of my Member's statements earlier this year, I have outlined some of the recommendations from the Inuit Circumpolar Council, focusing on Inuit self-determination...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Getting back to operations, my question to the Minister is, you know, they are looking at possibly doing that down the road. That's not going to be within the next year or two years. The next year, we are going into election mode. Would they look at having some sups for possibly doing that once the study comes out in March of 2019? Thank you, Mr. Chair.