Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today my Member’s statement is on medical travel cancellations and the concerns that we are having in Nunakput. We all know how it feels when your flights are cancelled for whatever reason in the Northwest Territories. It happens a lot because of bad weather and mechanical problems. However, when medical travel is cancelled when the patient is in severe pain, it becomes a serious problem.

In February I asked questions in the House about how procedures and policies are used to evaluate whether the patient should be medevaced and I also expressed my concerns about the air...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Mr. Ramsay.

Initial consultation on the Species at Risk legislation began in 1999 in conjunction with consultations on the proposed Wildlife Act. During this initial phase the land claims organizations advocated for a direct role in the drafting of the legislation to ensure that the rights, roles and responsibilities of the cooperative wildlife management processes established under the various land claims agreements were properly addressed.

The Government of the Northwest Territories agreed to an inclusive process for drafting the species at risk legislation...

Will the Minister commit to working with me with the various departments and agencies and the airlines to prevent future patients from having to wait for long periods of time in the communities and when they’re trying to return home after their medical, from seeing the doctor, because of flight cancellations due to the number of passengers? Thank you.

Today I’d like to recognize my son Mitchell Jacobson, who is visiting me down from Tuk. Welcome.

I’d also like to recognize Carol Beck, as well.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to present a petition dealing with the matter of the long-term care facility in Ulukhaktok. Mr. Speaker, the petition contains 88 signatures of residents of Ulukhaktok. Mr. Speaker, the petitioners request that the government build, maintain and staff a long-term care facility in Ulukhaktok for elders and disabled people. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In following my routine and in respect to a Member’s statement, the first day of every session will always be paying respect to the people who have passed away and their families and friends in my riding of Nunakput.

Mr. Speaker, since the last sitting of the Assembly there have been many deaths in our community, in our region. Tuktoyaktuk has experienced all of the losses. Today I give condolences to the family and friends of Jean Komeak and condolences to Jimmy and family; to Donna Steen and to her children, Charlene, Nicole, and William; to Christina Noksana...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Thursday, March 12, 2009, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Tu Nedhe, that pursuant to Section 15 of the Official Languages Act of the Northwest Territories, Sarah Jerome of Inuvik be appointed as the Languages Commissioner;

And further, that the appointment be effective May 11, 2009.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My Member’s statement today was on the income support cheques and regarding the way they’re distributed to the communities. Will the government re-evaluate the way income support cheques are distributed and how various government departments deal with residents in the small communities?

Will the government commit to develop a true one-stop shop for all government support services?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I am speaking in regards to income support cheque payments. The previous government dramatically changed the way income support was given, against the recommendation of most community governments and organizations. Furthermore, the previous government offered no support, notice or plans to help communities and residents deal with the changes.

Today Nunakput is dealing with the legacy of neglect and this government seems to endorse this legacy. Leaders and elders, support staff were all asking the government to re-evaluate the way cheques are given to recipients so...