Statements in Debates
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize my sister-in-law Lucy Ann Yakeleya. I also recognize Marie Wilson, Frank Hope and Jeannie. Also to a special guy, Anthony Whitford.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to say thank you to the honourable Member for Thebacha, Mr. Miltenberger, for seconding this motion. Mr. Miltenberger, I recall, said, I think it was in 2005, seven years ago, I remember having this discussion in 2005 and at that time it was very emotional, very charged, and very good.
The Premier did say that we are the only government in Canada to recognize this day and I want to say something about this government. It’s an honour to be amongst you as my colleagues, to say we’re still the only government, we are leaders up here, believe it or not, in the eyes of...
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. WHEREAS the Legislative Assembly, on October 20, 2005, resolved to formally observe May 26th as the National Day of Healing and Reconciliation in support of our communities, families and individuals who endure the impacts of a residential school system;
AND WHEREAS the objectives of the National Day of Healing and Reconciliation are to:
celebrate a positive, collective healing and reconciliation movement within our families, communities, churches and government on May 26th each year;
educate ourselves and other Canadians about our collective history of government policies...
Where can former students of the residential school go to see what can be done if there is a situation where their family member did not come back home and they need to find out what happened to that family member? Where would those people go and who would they call in this government?
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In my Member’s statement I talk about the residential school students who went to schools outside their communities. I talked somewhat about my uncle. I want to ask – I don’t know if it’s the Minister of Justice or the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, but maybe I’ll ask the Minister of Justice on this one here – about students that did not come back to their communities. There are some families in the communities who are waiting for their son or their brother or their sister. One of their family members has not come back. What is the Department of Justice...
I would ask if the department, again, would look at establishing themselves in the Sahtu for reasons that the deputy minister talked about. We need to now start tracking the amount of vehicles that are going to be using that road, especially from Tulita and Norman Wells, and also coming up from the southern portion of the road. We need to start looking at our infrastructure. For example, the bridges at Four Mile Creek and Prohibition Bridge. Those two bridges there, and possibly other future bridges, but these are the ones that for me in the Sahtu that are key, even at 12 Mile Point. When the...
Thank you, Madam Chair. The $105.7 million carry-over for infrastructure projects that had been approved and lapsed in the 2011-2012 period, certainly we see the benefits in our communities. Certainly, the Minister has my support for these projects. They’re worthwhile. They’re beneficial to my people in the region. We look forward to the completion of them. I’m not too sure how much I want to go into the detail of the planning and how we get these projects to completion, but it does show the federal government influence in our budget when they gave the money to us to get some of these project...
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Monday, June 11, 2012, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that the Legislative Assembly thank the members of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada for the work they have done in the Northwest Territories and across Canada;
And further, that the Legislative Assembly honour the survivors who have shared their suffering with great dignity in order to promote healing and reconciliation.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is directed to the Premier.
Please provide the number of positions that will be transferred to the Government of the Northwest Territories from the federal government on the Devolution Agreement Implementation Plan.
Please provide a listing of all federal government positions, including a regional breakdown, which will be transferred following implementation of the Devolution Agreement.
Please provide a summary of the funding that will be transferred to the GNWT along with the transferred positions.
I think the communities have been saying this. We need to work with the department. I again challenge the Minister, for example, young graduate Samuel Kodakin, next year I want to ask if the institution has talked to him, the department, have you gone to school? If not, why not? Are you working? Has it helped you? Those type of things to see where the graduates have gone once they finish school. Maybe he’s going back to Aurora College to do upgrading to further his career in another field of specialized knowledge and needs to do that. I want to ask the Minister, that type of tracking, keep...