Jackie Jacobson

Nunakput

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 167)

Thank you, Madam Chair. We're going to this my rules committee was so good at doing what we did, we're just going to pass them all. Thank you.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 167)

Madam Chair, I move that SubTitle for Rule 1.7(3) be amended by deleting "question of privilege" and replacing it with "point of privilege." Thank you, Madam Chair.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 167)

Madam Chair, I just want to, again, thank the Finance Minister for this because I think this is the final payment for my school so I will be in support of my budget for Mangilaluk school in Tuk, and then there's other couple other few projects in the communities I represent. And, you know, just thank you for all the consideration and all the what we've been through with that project. And I just I really hope in the next go around, we get two trailers for the portables. I wanted four but there was supposed to they said they'll give me two, but I'm still waiting. But just for that for that...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 167)

Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that Rule 9.6(5) be amended by deleting "through the adoption of a motion of approval by the Assembly" and replacing it with "with concurrence of Committee of the Whole." Thank you, Madam Chair.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 166)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Tonight I'll be voting with the carbon tax but I just want to put clarity is the reason I'm supporting the carbon tax bill tonight, it's going to give our communities their funds with the local community governments, and it's going to get the monies to the people, the individual peoples that need it. And I'm still praying it's a tiered system. And we're that's why I'm supporting it tonight. But as the carbon tax bill as a whole, I don't support it. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 166)

One second, Madam Chair.

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 166)

Thank you, Madam Chair. No, I am I'm going to support this. It's moving forward. We're going to bring everybody to the table And that's good news about what's happening here. Devolution in ‘14, I was here when that happened. And Inuvialuit, we signed on and everybody was given opportunity. But now if this bill passes, we get to pull it, bring everybody to the table and everybody will have a voice and a say in what they think is right. You know, I really hear what Ron says but, you know, at the end of the day we have to work together, and what Mr. Simpson said is we have to a starting point...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 166)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. You know, the under the homelessness strategy, we were told in this House that they do have units available in the community. And I'd like to make the Minister if she could get provide that information to me, not here today. If she could get that information so I could provide it to my leadership and to the people that are homelessness in the communities that I represent.

Also, Mr. Speaker, with the water shortage that we have in our communities in public housing, you know as well as I do that we have communities with overallocated with their children because we don't...

Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 166)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I brought up homelessness in my riding in Nunakput and water delivery in public housing because they both intertwine. The stresses on the family and elder abuse in regards to homelessness and people not having a safe place to live.

Mr. Speaker, can the Minister provide the House today, in my riding, how many safe houses that we have and if they're furnished in the communities? Thank you.