Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The community of Tuktoyaktuk's been waiting for our new school for several years. The school's been in the books since 2007, the year when I first got elected. And Mr. Abernathy was a part of that, giving us the authority to move forward with it so I want to thank him and welcome him into the House. It's good to see him.

The GNWT secured $36 million, Mr. Speaker, to renovate the space at the school and support high school programs. The original contract was awarded in 2020 and estimated completion 20232024. Mr. Speaker, the final year of this project, the community has...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just a couple of quick ones. The fur price program, how is that working out because, you know, the fur pricing across the territory and how are they are they getting it down? I guess is it still North Bay? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. In regards to that, Madam Chair, with the water strategy, I guess with the spill that we had in Alberta last week that from that Esso site, was there any I guess flags raised in regards of doing more water sampling and checking of the sites for coming up in the upcoming like if not now, like in the near future? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Water quality down and saying some from spring I guess, until October on the river, how many times are those sites checked in regards to water testing on that river? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, you know, like I said before, you know, we could get those portables brought up. You know, they're already premade in the south if need be. But the thing is the biggest thing it has a rippling effect on my students and the community. There's no gym. Mental health issues. It's ripples right across for the community as a whole having no gym. And I really wish that the Minister I know she will work with me to get it done but, you know, having a joint meeting with the Inuvialuit Development Corporation and the contractor, with myself and my leadership from Tuk...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the Minister for that. Mr. Speaker, you know, four portables being brought into the community, I think that could be utilized as a when they're done with them, they could be put into the housing stock, something we all need, more houses.

Mr. Speaker, what support can the Minister of Infrastructure provide to the students of Tuk on temporary houses to students that construction is underway to make sure that we're trying to work with IRC and IDC to get these it should be the contractor's responsibility to get these portables, and I'm calling them out today. And I...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to welcome back into the House Mr. Glen Abernathy. Both of us were elected in 2007 and we'd work here all day and then we'd go to his house and we'd play Xbox, so those were the good old days. And just welcome him back into the House; it's good to see you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Madam Chair. No, that sustainable like my colleague, Mr. O'Reilly, said that sustainable livelihood, anything that you could do to help, I guess, our on the land, the trappers, take a KID trapping and family initiatives that you could do, and we're hoping to get that increased in this. So no, just hats off to you guys in regards to what you're trying to do and that because this helps a lot of people. You don't realize how much help we're doing on this for the fur program. So thank you very much. That's a comment. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. No, just in regards to community clinics and health centres in my riding, you know, my nursing staff are really run ragged. They're tired. And I'm really hoping that we could, you know, not only compensate them, I guess, but try to get them a little bit of help for the communities of Tuk and Paulatuk, Ulu and Sachs, because they're really been they've took the brunt of this over the last two years, and I'm hoping that there's a way that we could try to help them out and, you know, put relief nurses in there to help them out so they could have a little bit of rest too...

Yeah, thank you, Madam Chair. No, just in regards to page 198 in regards to program detail child and family services. I do have issues with that in regards to, I guess, I think that the department should be looking at Madam Minister in regards to how do we give our children back to the parents once they're taken into custody? Like, a plan to work with the family instead of them being taken away and the next thing you know they're in longterm care for until their 18 years old and then they're forgot about. You know, they're put back out in the public and all the care that they put into them...