Michael Nadli

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Frame Lake, that Committee Report 2-17(5) be received by the Assembly and moved into Committee of the Whole for further consideration.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This government is clearly on a campaign of hiring 2,000 extra people so they can live and work up here in the NWT. The Minister has indicated, as part of the effort to recruit summer students, there’s a campaign that his department is entertaining.

Could the Minister further explain what other substantive and concrete steps he’s willing to take to ensure that we have a target of ensuring that we hire students as much as we can? Would the Minister perhaps even consider meeting the policy directive of ensuring that all government agencies hire some of the students to...

Last year there was an effort to recruit at least 280 returning summer students and provide them jobs. Can the Minister indicate to this House how many of those jobs were in communities? Mahsi.

Mr. Speaker, it’s a great honour to recognize Mr. Albert and Caroline Bonnetrouge, who are respected elders from Fort Providence. They are here to witness the proceedings of the Assembly. Also, two former constituents of mine, Jackie and Shyo.

Mr. Speaker, it won’t be long before students across the NWT begin their annual search for summer employment. Many students in our small communities are disadvantaged by the fact that there are not enough summer job opportunities in their home communities. Some of these students have been studying away from home and look forward to returning to their families for the summer months. They also want the chance for the important on-the-job training that will help them reach their employment goals and pay for their schooling. It will not be possible for many of them to find meaningful job...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Standing Committee on Government Operations is pleased to provide its report on the review of the 2012-2013 Public Accounts and commends it to the House.

The public accounts are the Government of the Northwest Territories’ financial statements for a given fiscal year and, as such, represent one of the key accountability mechanisms of the government. The Standing Committee on Government Operations has a mandate to review and report on the public accounts. A review of the 2012-2013 Public Accounts of the Northwest Territories took place on January 23 and 24, 2014, with...

I would like to thank the Minister for giving that response in terms of where the jobs are going for students. I hope at some point he will be able to substantiate further some various precise statistics on job concentration for summer students.

Human Resources, of course, is the lead department in terms of dealing with employees of the government. At the same time, it has a lot to do regarding human resource planning, especially with students as they come back home. It’s expected that we do our part in trying to get them career advice and career planning.

Is the department taking the lead to...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This government or this Cabinet has made it very clear that it’s on a mission of hiring 2,000 people. Here in the NWT, homegrown in our communities are students who are being encouraged to go back to school, study all they can and come back and hopefully we can give them a job.

There is always the challenge, of course, ensuring that we strike a balance between large cities like Yellowknife, regional centres and communities as well.

My question is to the Minister of Human Resources. Why are GNWT summer jobs not readily available for students in communities? Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The comments that I wanted to make are surrounding the recent and very public cases involving harvesting of either wood or else some caribou. This goes to the heart of treaty rights and Aboriginal title. I understand there is a process to the courts and we have to respect the due process; however, I want to find out, in terms of the Department of Justice dealing with treaty rights and Aboriginal title, with the understanding of governments with the way that they are usually structured is that there is a divide between the judiciary plus the executive, and at the same...

Is the Minister aware of any actions taken by the Ka’a’gee Tu First Nations in response to recommendations made in the Community Protection Plan? Mahsi.