Norman Yakeleya

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, with bannock and lard we live long.

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You know, the people in the Sahtu. So, Mr. Speaker, again, I ask the Minister of Tourism maybe if he can chat with the Minister of MACA in terms of can their departments get together and look at getting this…(inaudible)…sports and also tourism and come to a decision as to let’s put some money aside, let’s bring the community of Deline and the original birthplace of ice hockey on the map. It’s hockey time, it’s hockey season and it’s hockey night in Deline. Let’s do something for Deline and the people of the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Now the gloves come off here.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Last year in Tulita, they had dust control. I think they did about 100 feet of dust control because that is all the funding they had. So everybody got into 100 feet of the air so there is no dust in that area. If the Minister can come into Tulita this summer or in the Sahtu communities and see for himself the kind of funding that goes into dust control programs so that the whole main streets in each of the Sahtu communities are adequately funded and to have proper dust control measures in there. Thank you.

Thank you. Can the Minister then tell me whether the plans are for communities in the region in terms of the Chipsealing Program? I may have to get a little more specific in saying Fort Good Hope. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this month and last month, many parents down the Mackenzie Valley and the whole Northwest Territories and all the students in the schools had something to celebrate. A lot of these parents put their children through high school; blood, sweat and tears of these young students. I know; I put a couple through myself, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, these parents when they first put their little ones into kindergarten, you know how time flies. The number of hours, the number of times you talk to your children, get them to school, get dressed, comb your hair, you...

Just one more. I am looking more now at the protection of these park officers in the North here. This is more of a…I think he answered it under Ms. Lee’s comment, so I don’t think I will ask this question here.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was hoping the Minister would give the hook to the Minister here in terms of pulling into this initiative in terms of at least documenting the oral tradition of Sir John Franklin’s diary into a written document by the elders. So can the Minister, again, I would ask him, I would appreciate his response, if we would ask the Minister of MACA to look at some form of funding or any one of his departments in terms of documenting this important history here. It’s got to be told, and let’s do it; our government is willing to make a motion and to pass it; let’s walk our...

I’m looking forward to commitments from the tourism department. Why, Mr. Speaker, why can’t his department and his people go into Deline, talk to the elders and talk to them in terms of what the community wants to do? Why couldn’t he go in there, because it’s always up to the people? Something like this, you know, it’s going to take quite a lot of energy from a lot of good people just to put this thing on the map here. So the birthplace needs to be told and it needs to take the Minister from this department to go into Deline, talk to people, they have some wonderful ideas. So will the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Believe me, the lights are on on this issue.

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Mr. Speaker, I want to ask the Minister again, and I will make this very clear. Please do not consult. We have studies, mountains and mountains of studies of this program, this issue. Do not consult. Get the action, get the money. Prime example, the Minister of Justice has a pilot project of a wilderness camp in Fort Good Hope. It’s dynamite. It’s working good. Let’s get started. Let’s hammer out the issues later on as they come about. Can the people in Sahtu or…Let’s get a pilot project on. Bring the families...

Thank you. I will raise my voice in the House. I don’t have to? Thank you.