Nahendeh

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Debates of , (day 10)

My thoughts on this are that I think the Premier committed some kind of quarterly reporting to us as well. The public will kind of look at this, and it may raise more questions in the public than we care to. Those are my comments on that.

Debates of , (day 10)

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. With regard to that specific area, it's something that Fort Liard is interested in. They were quite pleased with the results of the meetings and negotiations that happened in the fall, and they wish to keep the momentum in that area. That is just to advise the Minister with that regard. Thank you. That's all the comments I have, too, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , (day 10)

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Minister anticipated my next question, which basically was if they felt it served the GNWT to consolidate some of the activities in other departments. I was wondering if these other departments would feel sort of left out, I guess, if they did give up some of their direct input with Aboriginal Affairs in the negotiations. I was just wondering if there is interaction between the departments and sharing of information, or have there been any instances where they were tripping over each other.

Debates of , (day 10)

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just with respect to Aboriginal Affairs, I did note that there were some functions with regard to Aboriginal Affairs and many of the departments. I'm just wondering if the Minister was looking at that and somehow got some plan to kind of consolidate Aboriginal Affairs maybe under this very same department.

Debates of , (day 10)

Thank you, Madam Chair. I don’t know if this is going to take agreement by committee, but under other expenses, under 5-11, I just require maybe a written breakdown for the benefit of the Members of the other expenses without really going back to that page. Can the Minister provide that?

Debates of , (day 10)

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just a breakdown for other expenses.

Debates of , (day 10)

Thank you, Madam Chair. I think under initial discussions we're talking that there won't be like a lost position, it will eventually get back to Fort Simpson. I just want the Minister to confirm that, if that was our previous discussion.

Debates of , (day 10)

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just general comments with respect to POL moving the management employee from Fort Simpson to Yellowknife. I'm just wondering how much of a function we have in Yellowknife POL, especially when we have a headquarters in Fort Simpson. For the Minister, Madam Chair.

Debates of , (day 10)

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to honour a young constituent of mine from Fort Simpson who has joined the Canadian Armed Forces. I was honoured to be at his signing-in ceremony and he’s in the gallery today. He’s the son of a former MLA who served in our House and his father served time in the Canadian Infantry. His name is Mr. Arthur Lafferty. He enrolled today, which is a pretty significant event for Nahendeh, and I’d just like to commend him on his efforts and following through on his dream to do something that he has always wanted to do.

He will complete his basic training...

Debates of , (day 10)

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Just a further comment in support of what the honourable Member for Range Lake was talking about with regard to the cultural enhancements strategy. I feel the same way, that our workforce should reflect the people that we work for. We do have a thing called a management access program. Perhaps I’ll suggest to the Speaker that we should have something like a Legislative Assembly work program where we can bring in employees from the government to see what the workplace is like over here. I can appreciate the difficulties in recruiting in the general workforce...