Michael McLeod

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we can certainly take a look to see if there’s any other method of doing what the Member’s asking. We have not received, I don’t believe we received, a request. We had made the offer to the Territorial Farmers' Association to do a presentation on the situation with lands. We must realize that this area -- this is being referenced by the Territorial Farmer’s Association -- is also further complicated because there are two outstanding land claims in that area. The Dehcho First Nations have a land claim in that area, and the NWT Metis Nation has also...

I move that this committee recommends that, as a priority, the Minister responsible for the Workers’ Compensation Board work with the Governance Council to develop options for an independent means of resolving conflicting medical opinions that provides finality, and that reflects the basic principles of the workers’ compensation system and, in particular, the assumption in favour of the worker. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Wednesday, November 1st, 2006, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Range Lake, that this Legislative Assembly censures the Premier for his comments to the media on the civil case currently before the courts related to former teacher Edward Horne; and further, that this Legislative Assembly strongly recommends that the government bring forward a policy on how it will handle allegations of sexual abuse, which is consistent with zero tolerance toward violence, which shows support...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I totally agree with the Minister that this is another good argument for getting resource royalty, but that’s something that’s still in the works and this is something that we need to do right away. My colleague from Kam Lake spoke to $32 million going into corrections, $4.5 million into childcare. I mean, there’s something wrong with this picture, Mr. Speaker. Why, besides money, is this government so reluctant to consider putting the childhood development centre as part of the new school in Inuvik? The budget is big enough. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would have to take that question as notice. I am not familiar right now. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we certainly all have to take responsibility when it comes to air quality and environmental issues across the board. At this point, we have shared responsibility with the federal government. We are looking at more than just our lands. We want to ensure that all lands in the NWT are covered. That is my position on where we are going with this. I will continue to monitor the situation. We have regulatory bodies out there that are in charge of ensuring that this happens. We will look to see if there are any areas that are not covered and certainly...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it’s not very often I get to recognize visitors from my riding into the House. I would like to welcome a number of people from the Hay River Reserve; Phillip Fabian, Robert McKay, Angus McKay, Harriet McKay, Brendan McKay and there are also a couple of people who are here who live on the reserve but are formally from my home town of Fort Providence. I would like to say welcome to them. Margaret Elleze is here and also Cecile Bonnetrouge. They are both from Fort Providence. Thank you.

The health of our residents and our environment depend on the effective management and protection of our natural resources such as our water. Communities, non-government agencies and all levels of government must work together to ensure that a safe drinking water system is in place and operating effectively.

The Government of the Northwest Territories' Drinking Water Quality Framework and Strategy has been developed collaboratively by the departments of Municipal and Community Affairs, Public Works and Services, Environment and Natural Resources and Health and Social Services, with a mandate...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Wednesday, November 1st, 2006, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Range Lake, that the responsibility for the administration of social housing be once again placed under the control of the NWT Housing Corporation; and further, that the responsibility for determining the methodology of calculating social housing subsidies remain with the Department of Education, Culture and Employment. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is true, they do have other options up in Inuvik and the Children First Society has been trying to explore all the options. But I firmly believe that it’s this government’s responsibility to help with this. What do we have to do as an Assembly to add these costs into the capital program for the construction of new schools? Thank you.