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Debates of , 16th Assembly, 6th Session (day 16)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On Thursday, August 25, 2011, I will move the following motion: I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nunakput, that the following persons be recommended to the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories for reappointment as members of the Human Rights Adjudication Panel, effective on December 1, 2011, for a term of four years: Ms. Joan Mercredi of Fort Smith and Mr. Adrian Wright of Yellowknife. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 6th Session (day 16)

Mr. Speaker, I’d like to ask the Minister if there are any early indications that the attendance at preschool is helping the students as they enter into primary school, secondary and high school. Thank you.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 6th Session (day 16)

Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. In my Member’s statement I talked about the importance of preschool. I have questions for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. There seems to be a lot of people not only in the Territories but outside the Territories, in the country, that believe in the positive impacts of preschool. I’d like to ask the Minister if his department has done any studies or reports or looked at any sort of best practices to look at the success on high school graduates as a result of preschool.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 6th Session (day 16)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek unanimous consent to conclude my statement.

---Unanimous consent granted

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 6th Session (day 16)

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think that the government should have this Heritage Act, as I see it, like a savings account but only use this fund or put money into this fund when all of the communities have what is required for them to function as a community.

Right now I have mixed feelings about a fund such as the Heritage Fund, a fund such as this, when we know that there are still communities in the Northwest Territories that don’t have basic essentials. The basic essentials that are afforded to larger communities in the Northwest Territories, that’s not a problem. They can save, put money...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 6th Session (day 16)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Minister ensure that all early childhood development studies or reports or anything that pertains to preschool and the positive impacts of preschool are placed in the transitional documents for the next government? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 6th Session (day 16)

I’d like to ask the Minister if in the early childhood development work that the department’s engaging in, if there has been some discussions with the teachers and the principals of the schools where there are preschools available and in schools where there are no preschools available. Thank you.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 6th Session (day 15)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I see that the government has supported community-built infrastructure and supported communities for some programming money. The one piece of the puzzle that is actually missing is our actual youth workers at the community level. I think they have recreation workers. The money is flowing to the communities. In trying to make the government understand, I think that’s probably the most essential. Providing qualified youth workers working at the community level I think will gain the greatest results for the success of the youth. I’d like to ask the Minister again if that...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 6th Session (day 15)

That’s a good response; I appreciate that. The infrastructure that I referred to, again, is there has been a good response from the government. But again, not all the communities have the much needed infrastructure. So I guess recognizing the fact that the communities have the capital dollars in their possession to do with as they please, spending it in their community. However, I’m wondering if the department, MACA, in response with the youth, has provided some sort of support to the communities to ensure that this start of the infrastructure, this $4 million in infrastructure that has come...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 6th Session (day 15)

Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. [English translation not provided.]

Mr. Speaker, over the past four years I have made many Member’s statements in this House on the subject of youth and the need to invest in our youth. Mr. Speaker, our youth are our biggest and our most important resource. The youth are our future leaders, and by investing in them, we begin to teach and instil in them this fact from a very young age. This government must realize that in order to set the path so that our youth are one day able to take over from us, this government must make it a priority to invest in such a possibility...