Norman Yakeleya

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister of Health and Social.

When will the communities/schools be eligible for funding to take the "Drop the Pop" challenge?

How much will each community/school be eligible for participation funding?

When will the "Drop the Pop" campaign be communicated to our communities/schools?

Will the communities receive recognition for participation in the campaign?

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. When will we have the resource revenue sharing agreement signed, and when we have a properly satisfied devolution agreement with this territorial government, I'd like to ask when, when will the Premier again involve the people of the Northwest Territories in any type of post-devolution and resource revenue sharing. What's our next step? We're now masters of our own land, so I look forward to that day. I think that's going to be a great day for the Northwest Territories when we have those two deals in our back pocket when we can determine our own future. So when...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in the news I read that the North of 60, there was a territorial challenge by the Nunavut government called, Drop the Pop campaign that will begin on March 27th to March 31st. It is challenging the Yukon government, the territorial government here in the Northwest Territories and also the Nunavut government. It is based on a creative concept in Nunavut. It is about having the communities and the schools avoid drinking pop for one full week. Again, this challenge went out to the two other territories. It is to create awareness for the schools in the...

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I thank the Minister for answering my frustrating questions. I'm beginning to understand and I hope to see in the future of this government give some priority to some of these communities that we represent as MLAs, because these questions here will be answered. We have to have some answers, as MLAs, to our people in the communities. I'm not here to defend government in terms of their spending. So I'm asking these needs in our communities. When you have all these services it's okay, but when you don't have them, that's when we bring up our concerns. So I'm going...

Is this funding ongoing funding? I know the Minister said a one-time pilot project. Is this funding available next year and the year after? Thank you.

Thank you. I think you have to go in the communities to see the kind of centres they have there and the kind of buildings they have to operate out of and you would see it right there. So we don’t have to create that perception in terms of look at Colville Lake, look at their health centre, look at the equipment they have there and the type of needs that are required there. All things like that in the other smaller communities. So this is the reality in our health care system. Again, there’s just different levels of services I guess in larger centres requiring more and more, I don’t know...

Thank you. So is this a practice by this government to support these types of buildings that need improvements, or office space, or renovations, because I’m having a difficult time right now to know some double standards? So is this common practice that this building gets improved by this government to help out a landlord? Thank you.

Mr. Chair, the funding for tenants’ improvement. Is that our own building or is that someone else who owns that building, the Great Slave Medical House?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I heard once in a negotiation meeting that in order to get to the Promised Land you have to negotiate your way through the wilderness. So I'm hoping that Mr. Premier could negotiate us out of the wilderness to the Promised Land the North has always been looking forward to. So I want to ask the Premier, the Northern Strategy was much celebrated and a success of the Northwest Territories. I want to ask the Premier what's the status of the Northern Strategy. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is to the Premier, Premier Handley. I'd like to ask Premier Handley in terms of the territorial vision or the territorial next step in terms…For example, if we get the devolution agreement and if we get resource revenue sharing by the time this government finishes its term here, I'd like to ask the Premier what's the vision, what's the next step once we get devolution, once we get the resource revenue sharing, what's the vision? Where is the Premier leading us, Mr. Speaker?