Tom Beaulieu

As the Minister said, drought seasons continue, so we may anticipate a big fire season, a fire season of many fires, many complexes. I'd like to ask the Minister if the plan is to use our own people to fight those fires or bring people from other jurisdictions.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, over the last couple of years we've had some very big fire seasons that cost the government a lot of money. I would like to ask the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources if there is a plan for the fire season this coming summer? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I move that we report progress.

I'd like to ask the Minister if there is any specific Aboriginal cultural programming at the North Slave Correction Centre.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Not much to add other than I feel that we had a good discussion on the mandate. This was a long process. A mandate, I think, that had the fingerprints of all Members in this room, and also a mandate where I thought the group that worked very well together, both sides, and I feel it's a good mandate. We're looking forward to putting the mandate to work.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in my Member’s statement I talked about corrections. I have questions for the Minister of Justice. I'd like to ask the Minister if there are any programs in corrections with a goal of preventing inmates from returning to corrections. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’ll be very brief. One of the things that small communities are seeing more and more often is that their elders, once they get to a certain age, are passing away from home, and in their last days they would like to have a service in the community. I think some of the communities such as Deline and in Fort Resolution have even you know marked a place location where they thought that this service could be provided, so for that reason I would support the motion. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, just a few words on this. We are looking for an action plan for the enhanced homecare services to support the communities, largely in support of the aging in place, that we think would be a program or a project of the government that would have tremendous returns, would defer a lot of costs. We want ensure that there is an action plan on the homecare services. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I just wanted to say a couple of things on this motion. This is an important part of the future of our territory and our government. This type of spending is spending that has tremendous returns. We need to be able to be prepared to have people in the workforce. We need daycare that's affordable for people to go to work and turn our economy around. We know that spending in early childhood has tremendous returns and this is asking the government to develop an action plan within the next two years. We're looking down the road for a couple of years when it...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to recognize a Page that I've known for a long time. I'd like to recognize Nicholas Bennett.