Kevin A. Menicoche

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I was asking the Minister that we do have existing roads that do need improvement and I’d like to ask the Minister, are we developing a territorial strategy? I just want to point out as well there, Mr. Speaker, if you allow me, that the Minister is talking about new highways and building new roads, but that’s the mandate of the federal government. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I just would like to follow up to questions on my Member’s statement to the Minister of Transportation, just with respect to, and also support, the Member from Mackenzie Delta’s idea of pursuing a territorial highway strategy which includes chipsealing of all our highways. I just would like to ask the Minister what exists in our current strategy. Does it include a movement towards chipsealing of all our territorial highways? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will be speaking on transportation as well here today. I would like to talk about the beauty of the Deh Cho and the great opportunity that we have with the Deh Cho Tribal Connection. I am talking about the Deh Cho trail and portions of Highways No. 1 and 7 that make a perfectly round trip on the lower NWT for tourists coming from Alberta passing through Hay River, through several smaller Deh Cho communities providing a connection to Fort Simpson before winding down beside the Liard River and Fort Liard to British Columbia.

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Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I would just like to know as well, does the Minister know how many clients are currently from the Nahendeh riding located in Yellowknife or from the surrounding communities of Fort Simpson? Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. As well as if he can also request the stats on the use of pepper spray as well, because that’s just as serious. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Justice, just with regard to the national issue of tasers. I’m just wondering, is the Minister aware of any change in operations or, I don’t really want to say review there, Mr. Speaker, but is the RCMP in the North more sensitive to this issue now that it’s been raised at the national level for use in the North?

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I do think they are responsible for assisting them. We have them there; we had them there for about 20 years and now we want them out without any assistance whatsoever. I would like to ask the Minister again, can his department, or I believe the government even has a transition team of their own, can they allocate one of those persons to help our community organizations? Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment with respect to the large Deh Cho Hall building in Fort Simpson that’s going to be shut down sometime next year. I know that the government is fully engaged in their own transition planning, but I’d like to ask the Minister if he’s willing to look at assisting the non-government organizations in doing transition planning, as well. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was just trying to get at that as there is definitely a need. They have not only relocated to Yellowknife but to Hay River as well. I would just like to get assurance once again that it’s not being moved off the capital plan. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Health and Social Services. During the last Assembly, I did lots of work on behalf of constituents in Fort Simpson getting a dialysis machine and dialysis located to Fort Simpson. I think it was in the plan for 2008. I would just like to ask where is it in the capital plan at this date.