Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Cyber-bullying is a “live issue” for students at all the schools visited by the committee, though it appears to be a bigger problem in the larger more urban settings. Students identified several websites that they consider to be problematic because the participants are anonymous: whisper.com (“but everybody talks about it”), Ask.fm and Omegle.com (including Omegle Canada). The latter involves live chats with strangers including video. Awareness of these sites and sites of this type should be part of ECE’s communication plan for students, parents and schools.

Students...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will take the opportunity to stand up as somebody who has been in this House for a long time and has heard a lot of exchanges, and has been known to spar and argue and fight with the best of them on the other side of the House, but, Mr. Speaker, I did find Mr. Hawkins’ comments, questions to Mr. Beaulieu yesterday to be offensive and it did, in my opinion, reduce the demeanor of our House.

Mr. Hawkins was asking Minister Beaulieu questions you really couldn’t answer, like can you do your job. Some of it is even what I would put in the context of asking him for an...

Thank you, Minister McLeod. General comments. Next on my list I have Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister McLeod.

Thank you. Members, NWT Housing Corporation, information item, finance and infrastructure services, infrastructure investment summary. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Minister McLeod. Next I have Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you for that general comment, Mr. Blake. Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Stewart. Anything further, Mr. Bromley?

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Minister McLeod.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister McLeod.