Tom Beaulieu
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Debates of
, 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 51)
How will the actions described in this plan work with the department's future development of an addictions recovery action plan?
Debates of
, 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 51)
Marci cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to move item 11 on the orders paper, replies to budget address. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
---Unanimous consent granted
Debates of
, 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 50)
Marci cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my understanding is there is a planning meeting of a working group working towards a charette here in Yellowknife on February 22nd and 23rd. I was wondering if the Premier could commit senior officials from that group or a senior official from that group to attend the working group meeting? Thank you.
Debates of
, 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 50)
My understanding is this is a collaboration between several organizations. They have already raised $135,000 of $325,000 required for the charette; $40,000 from the Boreal Initiative; $20,000 from Tides Canada; $15,000 from the Gwich'in Tribal Council; and the potential of $60,000 from the mines. Will the government come forward as a funding partner to contribute the remaining $190,000 to make this charette a reality and a success?
Debates of
, 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 50)
Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to move item 11 on the orders paper, replies to budget address. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
---Unanimous consent granted
Debates of
, 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 50)
Marci cho, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I move that we report progress. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
---Carried
Debates of
, 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 50)
Mr. Speaker, as the Premier has indicated, the Minister of Climate Change and Energy indicated, the charettes in 2012 and 2014 were to set the path today to record the way the government plans to go. It brought people together, helped clarify the thinking of government, and set the path for renewable energy and getting off diesel.
Will the government, in consideration to the items that the Premier has requested essentially saying if we can provide more information and that can be done, will the Premier appoint a senior official to be part of this collaborative working group to this critical...
Debates of
, 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 50)
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have questions for the Premier in his role as Chairman of the Ministerial Coordinating Committee on Energy and Climate Change. Mr. Speaker, getting small communities off diesel is a priority for the federal government, GNWT, and this Assembly. It is also a priority for MLAs on this side of the House, as we represent 25 of the 25 communities off-grid. Will the government continue to work with the communities, Aboriginal governments, industry, and environmental nongovernment organizations on a microgrid charette in June in Yellowknife that will kick start...
Debates of
, 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 50)
Marci cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in his sessional statement, the Premier mentioned a combined federal-territorial initiative looking at renewable solutions for the off-grid diesel community. Those solutions exist. Colville Lake has proven that. A carbon tax is coming. Emissions need to be cut. The cost of living needs to be brought down in our small communities, and our small communities need economic opportunity.
There was a Pan-Canadian summit on this priority in Winnipeg in January. There were small community people from Akaitcho, Deh Cho, Tlicho, Sahtu, as well as the chair of the IRC...
Debates of
, 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 49)
One of the programs, obviously, that must have stood out as a program that was failing to meet its effectiveness would have been TEP, since it has been phased out. The phase-out period is going to be from now until 2020. I would like to ask the Minister if he could advise the House how many actual employees of Aurora College would be affected by that phase out?