Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In my Member’s statement I was talking about alcohol ignition interlock devices. The Motor Vehicles Act was amended in 2003. I would like to ask the Minister of Transportation is there any provision in legislation or regulation for a judge to order that a person can have their driver’s licence reinstated once an alcohol ignition interlock device is installed in their vehicle. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move that consideration of Tabled Document 157-16(5), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 2010-2011, be now concluded and that Tabled Document 157-16(5) be reported and recommended as ready for further consideration in formal session through the form of an appropriation bill. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. Chairman, I believe it’s the wish of the committee to continue with the supplementary appropriations. Carry on.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The committee would like to continue on with consideration of the main estimates this afternoon of the Department of the Executive; Aboriginal Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations; Finance; Justice; and the Legislative Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Okay, thank you. I agree that the government has been doing some things. I can see, yes, they have been making some steps in the right direction, but it never seems like it’s really enough. The Minister says should the government be responsible for putting these woodstoves or pellet stoves into people’s homes, they should figure it out and go out and get it themselves, we’ll create the woodlot, you go buy the woodstove. I hear what the Minister is saying. He says it’s not the role of government. But you know what is the role of government? All the public housing and homeownership housing and...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m not sure who to direct my questions to, but when I think back to the last time that the price of crude oil went off the charts and I see what’s happening before us today, I would like to see our government get very proactive. There is no excuse why we as Northerners should be hovering in a corner someplace, scared with this change in crude oil and how it’s going to affect the cost of home heating oil and gasoline to drive our vehicles. There’s no excuse for the cost of living portion associated with heating our homes. There is absolutely no excuse for it.

As I said...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Maybe I’m trying to oversimplify it, but people couldn’t afford to pay their heating bills this past winter and now that the prices are going up, all we’re saying is help, do something, we need to get ahead of that cost and we need help to do that. I know I speak for many people in the Northwest Territories when I say if you could just get that little bit of help needed to get that installation of something, people would be out there pursuing healthy activities, collecting, harvesting, cutting, splitting firewood, taking it into their houses. People would receive it...

Rebates are fine, but when you look at the cost of installation and the cost of the appliances themselves, not every family, even in the larger communities like he’s saying, has the kind of money sitting around in their back pocket to go out and do this. We need more help from this government. I know it’s a lot of money, but if you look at all the things that we spend a lot of money on, we spend millions of dollars on studying the kinds of things that Mr. Miltenberger’s talking about. I’m asking for something quick, tangible and real.

The government should just phone a manufacturer of...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I watched the news over this past weekend about the political unrest in Libya, the political unrest which has hit Egypt, the oil refinery fire in Iraq, and the ever-speculating on the cost of crude oil and how these prices are going up and how that’s going to affect us yet again as a Territory, what are we going to do about that? Are we once again going to be the victims of unaffordable fuel here in the Northwest Territories, or are we going to do something proactive in terms of the cost of living for our constituents here in the North?

Only four communities out of...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is Education Week. It’s an annual celebration of all aspects of teaching and learning, and it is a time for students, teachers and parents to celebrate excellence and achievements and reflect on what more we can do to address challenges.

The Diamond Jenness Secondary School alternative education program, called the Storefront School in Hay River, opened in October of 2009, and runs in leased space on the ground floor of the highrise, which is right beside the high school. Students receive instruction and programming on an individual basis for a variety of needs and...