Norman Yakeleya

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to give my congratulations to Ms. Beverly Masuzumi from Fort Good Hope on receiving her Education Hall of Fame on May 30, 2013. Beverly is known for her true leadership in the past and her passion for educating the students in the Sahtu. She spent 10 years working to improve educational opportunities for our students by being part of the local education authority board and the Sahtu District Education Council, and was chair of the district education council for those six years.

On behalf of the Sahtu region, I would like to again congratulate Ms. Masuzumi on her strong...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move that this committee recommends that the NWT Housing Corporation submits its 2012-2013 Annual Report within 150 days of the fiscal year end, with good reasons being provided to the House if this is not possible. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Thursday, June 6, 2013, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Frame Lake, that the Government of the Northwest Territories devote 10 percent of its net revenues generated by the Northwest Territories Liquor Commission to an alcohol abuse prevention and education campaign in the communities throughout the Northwest Territories;

And further, that the Government of the Northwest Territories provides a comprehensive response to this motion within 120 days.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you to my honourable colleague from Boot Lake. It sure goes against my affirmation this morning. I looked in the mirror and said I’m getting younger, I’m getting younger, I’m getting younger. And then he calls me old and wise. I appreciate that.

I want to talk about the Harriet Gladu Health Centre in Tulita. The Harriet Gladu Health Centre is a central, crucial piece of infrastructure in our community, and now more so important because of the heavy oil and gas exploration last year and the amount of activity that’s been happening around in the Sahtu communities...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just want to thank Member Bisaro and Members who spoke on this motion. I certainly will be supporting the motion. There was a time and a place in our history growing up that cyberbullying wasn’t even talked about for us older generations. Now these young ones need to be taught that it’s not okay, that it’s not okay in society to hurt other people and hide behind the computer, and hide behind technology, and go beyond their years of their adulthood and thinks it’s okay. It’s time that we say, as a Legislative Assembly, here that enough is enough and these young ones...

Mr. Speaker, thank you to Mr. Moses.

In her 2011-12 annual report, as in her three previous reports, the Information and Privacy Commissioner recommended the general review of the ATIPP Act. The Northwest Territories ATIPP Act has now been in force for more than 15 years. Access and privacy laws in other jurisdictions provide for regular reviews at five- or 10-year intervals. The Standing Committee on Government Operations forwarded this recommendation, along with others, to the Assembly last May.

The government indicated its response to last year’s standing committee report that it supports...

Will the Minister reconsider bumping up the construction of the Harriet Gladu Health Centre earlier than ’15-16 into the capital? That means that this health centre, the way he explained it, will not probably be built until ‘17, ‘18 or ‘19. Can the Minister consider bumping up the inclusion of the health centre into earlier dates than ’15-16?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to recognize a resident of Tulita, however, he’s living here in Yellowknife: Mr. Paul Andrew. I’d also like to congratulate the young team on their achievements. Thank you.

WHEREAS Tabled Document 70-17(4), Electoral Boundaries Commission 2013 Final Report, has been tabled in this House;

Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, I will move that Bill 24, An Act to Amend the Liquor Act, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.