Inuvik Twin Lakes

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Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 38)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As a government, we have a lot of programs that are designed specifically for our youth. Unfortunately, the capital part of it is not a part of the support that we give to our youth. We have a number of programs, and I think the Member pointed them out before, Youth Ambassadors and all the programs we have. If there is a desire by the youth in the community to have a piece of infrastructure, I would advise them to go speak to their local government, who have the authority to distribute the funds in the community.

I have to say that in many of the communities I have...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 38)

The community has an allocation from this government for their infrastructure and they will determine on their own what they want to use that money for. If it goes towards an arena, again, that would be their decision, and our role in it is to support the community and help them find other sources of funding or secure bank financing if the need arises. But we will work with the community and explain to them what some of their options are.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 38)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. To my left I have Mr. Kevin Brezinski. He is the director of public safety. To my right I have Mr. Thomas Druyan, who is the legislative counsel. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 38)

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thanks for the opportunity to introduce Bill 14, An Act to Repeal the Pawnbrokers and Second-hand Dealers Act. There are currently no businesses in the Northwest Territories licensed as pawnbrokers or second-hand dealers under the Pawnbrokers and Second-hand Dealers Act. Furthermore, the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs has not issued a pawnbroker or second-hand dealer’s licence within corporate memory.

Many jurisdictions in Canada, such as Manitoba, Ontario, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, have repealed similar legislation, leaving the regulation of...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 38)

I would, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 38)

Mr. Speaker, I said that I will check and see if… I doubt that there is any infrastructure money in our youth programming dollars that we allocate through this Legislative Assembly. If it’s one that Members on the other side, when we do the debate during the O and M budget, if it’s something that they feel strongly about, then it’s their prerogative to raise it.

Again – I keep harping on this and I will continue to keep harping on this – the communities have the responsibility to determine what some of their priorities are. When you see one community respond to the youth of that community and...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 38)

I have been explaining for a number of years now, since I got the MACA portfolio, that since the New Deal, a lot of the responsibility has gone to the communities as far as infrastructure goes. We debated the Municipal and Community Affairs infrastructure budget yesterday, $28 million. Unfortunately, none of that money is in MACA’s coffers. All the money is distributed to communities because the communities have the ability to determine what some of their priorities are. Not only do they have the ability, they also now have the financing to do it. If it’s a community rink in any one of the...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 38)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’ll take that question as notice.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 38)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We’re willing to have our staff go in there and assist the community in developing a plan for their future infrastructure. Then, at the end of the day, the decision will be the community’s one to make. But we’re more than willing to do our part in assisting.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 37)

I will pass that on to Mr. Stewart.