Inuvik Twin Lakes

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Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 41)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, over the past two decades, caribou herds in the North have declined and are at or near historic low numbers. There are many factors contributing to this decline. Some, like climate change, are known; others we urgently need to understand better.

As Northerners, knowing what we can do to help the recovery of caribou in the North is important. ENR Regional and Headquarters staff, co-management partners and traditional user groups offer caribou education every year. This November, Regional ENR staff is making a special, coordinated effort to provide caribou...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 41)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that Bill 14, Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), 2017-2018 be read for the second time. Mr. Speaker, this bill authorizes the Government of the Northwest Territories to make appropriation for infrastructure expenditures for the 2017-2018 fiscal year. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 41)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Procurement Shared Services was established in part to ensure that our government gets value for money, and departments continue to be involved with all aspects of the contracting, including reviewing tenders and the RFP processes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 41)

Mr. Speaker, the procurement of shared services was established which improved the consistency of the approach, and the procurement of shared services ensures that all steps required for RFP or tender are followed. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 41)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize Mr. Charlie Furlong from Aklavik, president of the NWT Association of Communities; Clarence Wood, councillor from Inuvik and a member of Inuvik Twin Lakes. I would also like to recognize Mayor Mark Heyck, a man that I've had the opportunity in the past to do a lot of work with; and the rest of the NWT Association of Communities. Although I'm not the Minister responsible anymore, I still support 33 Strong. Thank you.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 40)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I too would like to recognize some constituents from Inuvik Twin Lakes. We have Mickey Ipana who I gave a tour of the Assembly for, and we have Eileen Allen who is better known in Inuvik as Bunik. We have Ellen Firth and Marilyn and her daughter, Myria. So welcome to the gallery. We appreciate your patience as we battled through our technical difficulties in the last two hours. Welcome.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 40)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River South, that Bill 11, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2016-2017, be read for the third time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 40)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to proceed to item number 6, recognition of visitors in the gallery. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 40)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife South, that Bill 12, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2016-2017 be read for the third time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and, Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded vote.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 39)

I share the Member's concern. I've seen the numbers from as far back as 1986, so I share his concern. With the proposed Slave Geological Province, there's a lot of work that needs to be done yet. We're not even sure if this project is going to go ahead. There's still the funding that we have to work with, and then the EA process that we need to go through. But in the meantime, we're continuing our work on the Bathurst caribou range plan. We're working with Aboriginal governments and all stakeholders, and we are putting a Bathurst caribou range plan together, and we're hoping to have this...