Norman Yakeleya

Thank you. I look forward to the Minister’s response back from the social envelope committee members on this coordinating effort. I also ask if the Minister would look at inviting the Dene Nation as one part of the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation as one agency. Another agency is across the Northwest Territories, the Gwich’in and Sahtu and Dehcho and Tlicho; other communities that are affected by the residential schools in terms of looking at the interagency that would look to help all the communities. So would the Minister look at the possibility of including the other regional or territorial...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, the Honourable Charles Dent, in regards to the residential schools issue. I want to ask the Minister, is his department taking the lead in terms of coordinating all the other GNWT departments in terms of helping the people who need to look at residential schools as a means to get some work done on their lives and also in their communities? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I’ll ask the Minister, would it be optimistically ambitious to say if he can get back to us within the life of this, these Assembly days until the 8th of June to give us some kind of good response to the House with a response to my request? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the Minister in terms of helping the claimants with the information in regards to the settlements. I’d like to ask the Minister in terms of him taking the initiative of working with the Department of Health and Social Services, Department of Justice, in terms of also working with other agencies, such as the Assembly of First Nations or the Dene Nation or any other agencies out there that, in terms of coordinating a single unit, sort of sharing information and coordinating a project over the next couple years to help the former students of...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I’ll ask the Minister, would it be optimistically ambitious to say if he can get back to us within the life of this, these Assembly days until the 8th of June to give us some kind of good response to the House with a response to my request? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to say, listening to the Sir John choir that was here, that was beautiful music. I thought I was in heaven. Then I heard the bells over there. Gee, I must be really in heaven. It was an awesome job. Mr. Speaker, I want to say it was awesome by the hidden talent in the Northwest Territories. It reminds me of my statement today in terms of what I am going to say about the residential school for the Northwest Territories.

This government has made history in terms of having the first and being the only jurisdiction in Canada to recognize and...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the Minister in terms of helping the claimants with the information in regards to the settlements. I’d like to ask the Minister in terms of him taking the initiative of working with the Department of Health and Social Services, Department of Justice, in terms of also working with other agencies, such as the Assembly of First Nations or the Dene Nation or any other agencies out there that, in terms of coordinating a single unit, sort of sharing information and coordinating a project over the next couple years to help the former students of...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to say, listening to the Sir John choir that was here, that was beautiful music. I thought I was in heaven. Then I heard the bells over there. Gee, I must be really in heaven. It was an awesome job. Mr. Speaker, I want to say it was awesome by the hidden talent in the Northwest Territories. It reminds me of my statement today in terms of what I am going to say about the residential school for the Northwest Territories.

This government has made history in terms of having the first and being the only jurisdiction in Canada to recognize and...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think we’re going to be waiting for a long time in the Sahtu in terms of types of superintendents we’re going to have in our region. So anyhow, that’s for another day. I wanted to ask the Premier, will the regional superintendents of the Executive be able to override the deputy ministers in providing directions to other departmental superintendents? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Premier. With the appointment of the regional superintendents of the Executive, how much autonomy will the Sahtu region now have to conduct its own affairs? Thank you.