Ronald Bonnetrouge
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Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 124)
This is getting interesting. We're talking about MARS and international space stations. Minister.
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 124)
Deputy minister.
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, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 124)
Minister. Yes, Minister.
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, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 124)
Mahsi, committee. Committee, please turn to page 44, longterm and continuing care services, with information item on page 45. Any questions from committee? I think we were accommodating two Members that I already saw them heading to the airport. They're heading home. So that's the reason we put this up here. If no one has any questions, then I will move on with this. Ms. Nokleby.
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 124)
I didn't hear any question there, so we'll take it as a comment. Mahsi. Any further questions from committee? All right.
Health and Social Services, on page 44, long term and continuing care services, infrastructure investments, $6,989,000. Does committee agree?
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, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 124)
Mahsi for that. I see no more questions from committee in this section, if we can turn we're on page 48, infrastructure, investments $100,000. Does committee agree.
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, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 124)
Mahsi. Minister.
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, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 123)
Mahsi, Madam Chair. Madam Minister, it is noted here that highways and roads take up 30 percent, the largest chunk of the budget. I'm not sure what work this all entails but every year, we're fixing up pretty much maybe same sections every year or every two years. I'm wondering you know, the reason I'm looking at this and if we and, you know, if someone could live with, if there were potholes for several years. Because the hamlet of Enterprise, it is the only community in the whole of the Northwest Territories, without a school. They've been asking, requesting for a school I think for over...
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, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 122)
Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. And I thank the Minister for that answer, and I'll hold him to many things, as I'm not done with small communities' education fiasco, and I appreciate that. Mahsi.
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 122)
Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to note yesterday's incident during oral questions to the Minister of Education of his claim that everyone goes through university and his claim that he's a lawyer; his dad's a lawyer; I don't know how many others he would have referred to, and the biggest thing is all of Cabinet applauded him. This was during my statement of the plight of education in the small communities.
Many times I've said I have those lived experiences; I'm from a small community. Education levels are dismal. I've been at this since 2019.
I don't know if the education minister...