Jackson Lafferty

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize Lydia Bardak, coalition team and also a city counsellor, and also I would like to recognize from my riding Therese Pelletier who is the adult educator in the audience. Mahsi.

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Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yes, that information, upon being delivered to our department, will certainly be available for consultation with our fellow colleagues. That is still a work in progress. So once it’s finalized, then we will be sharing it. Mahsi.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yes, there is consultation that will take place with the day care facilities. With that, the outcome will be what’s needed and what’s demanding at the facilities. So we will be looking into that as a department with all the day care facilities in the Northwest Territories. So Yellowknife will be included in that, as well. Mahsi.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yes, we’ll certainly provide as much information as we can to the Member. Just so the Member is aware, I have been working with my department as well and we will be visiting his community, his riding, so there will be more ongoing discussion on this matter. Mahsi.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, our detachment with the Justice department have been working closely with Sachs Harbour and along with the other two communities that we’ve been focusing on, Gameti and also Wrigley. With respect to Sachs Harbour, the proposed plan is to have the detachment in place. The money has been allocated and the detachment itself, we’re still waiting on the federal government on their part of the share of 30 percent, because we, as GNWT, pay 70 percent towards the cost of the facility. Our government has committed our contribution towards the RCMP in the community....

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I, too, would like to recognize two of my constituents: Mary Adele Flunkie and Josie Bishop are here for part of the language immersion workshop today. Mahsi.

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Mahsi, Mr. Chair. I moved, seconded by the honourable Member for Nunakput, that the Hon. Paul Delorey of the electoral district of Hay River North take the chair of this House as Speaker.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. (English not provided)

Mr. Speaker, I would just like to first thank my wife, Dianne, my five beautiful children, Jayde, Cheyenne, Sahara, Denae and Ty for supporting me all these years as their father, their husband, and also my Tlicho constituents and family members who voted me for another term.

I'd just like to thank you, Mr. Speaker, and also thank you to the Premier, Cabinet, the Members. If we can have positive working relations, as I've highlighted in my summary in the Tlicho language, I'm looking forward to working with all of you here. Mahsi.

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Mahsi, Mr. Chair. I move that this committee recommends that the GNWT table a comprehensive response to this report no later than during the Second Session of the 16th Legislative Assembly. Mahsi, Mr. Chair.

Mahsi, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move that this committee recommends that the Premier, Ministers and deputy ministers take a leadership role in changing the corporate culture as far as the interpretation and application of the ATIPP Act is concerned to create a culture of openness from top to bottom. Furthermore, this committee recommends that a new section reporting on ATIPP activities is included in the yearly business plan for each department. This new reporting framework should include information on requests, complaints and how they were resolved, related training and any other initiatives...