Jackie Jacobson

Thank you. You know, all these meetings and nothing happening. Nothing’s been done, students are still at home. The government spent over $275,000 last year for the Western Arctic Leadership Program in Fort Smith. Why aren’t they doing that in Inuvik, why just one community in the Northwest Territories? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. When parents send their children to school hundreds of miles away, they’re expecting a certain amount of assistance and care from the government and the Department of Education, Culture and Employment. Not that the region has not had good government-assisted boarding homes, parents are literally left out to make do on their own and the kids to fend for themselves, once they have to return home. It’s unacceptable. The lack of support and attention to this matter from the district education office, the Department of ECE, this government, shows that they’re not in touch...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Listening to the Minister with all the projects that he mentioned, not all the projects, they’re not going to be fully funded. The $150 million was put in the federal budget by the federal government, but it was not ratified. All of the other projects weren’t in the budget. Mr. Speaker, we just want to make sure that the $150 million gets allocated properly to the Tuk-Inuvik highway in making sure that the Minister goes down on that approach.

Mr. Speaker, will the Minister also consider taking some EDI members to Ottawa with him for this meeting? Thank you.

The Minister almost answered all of my questions there. I understand we’re still waiting for the Prime Minister to announce his Cabinet and there is some slippage in the engaging of the federal government. I’d like some assurances from the Minister that he and his officials are ready to hit the ground running to engage the new federal Minister of Transportation at the earliest opportunity. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Several months ago the federal government tabled a budget that included $150 million for the Tuk-Inuvik highway, not Highway No. 7, finally linking Canada coast to coast to coast. The result of many years of lobbying and hard work from the community, the leaders in the Beaufort-Delta, my office, and other organizations.

Unfortunately, with calling the election, the budget was not ratified in the House of Commons. However, the residents of Inuvik and Tuk and all over Nunakput are hopeful that the commitment with the first budget with this new federal government that this...

I also referenced the hard work that the leadership in the Beaufort-Delta has put in to ensuring that Canada’s national highway system reaches coast to coast to coast. Can the Minister assure the Assembly that he will engage with the Beaufort-Delta leadership in advancing this project, which are a pivotal partner on the whole road itself, and bring them down to Ottawa to help talk to the federal government on this issue? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today in my Member’s statement I spoke about the need to work with the leadership in the Beaufort-Delta to ensure that the $150 million commitment to building the Tuk-Inuvik highway appears on the upcoming federal budget. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister of Transportation update the Assembly on the steps that he and his officials are taking to make this a reality for the residents of the Beaufort-Delta? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My condolences to the residents who have passed away in my riding of Nunakput. I wish to take a moment to reflect on the constituents who passed away, the elders in my riding, since the beginning of my term. Constituents such as Andy Carpenter Sr., George Okheena, Jimmy Memogana, Margaret Egoytak, and Phillip Kataoyak.

The remembrance of our elders as opening a special event or discussion is an Inuvialuit tradition which I am especially proud of. I always start my Member’s statements with paying respects to the people who have passed away and their family and friends.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. You have heard me speak many times about the price of food in our communities. The high price of food is one reason for kids sometimes going hungry in the morning. Families don’t always have the money to buy the food. I am sad to say this happens in our Territory, Mr. Speaker. Hungry children are hard-pressed to do well in school while their minds are on their stomachs. It is hard enough to deliver a good education to our children as it is without distracting them with hunger. Educators and parents say feeding students who show up for school hungry is a big help. It may...

When will the social impact funds of the $500 million be available to go ahead?