Wendy Bisaro

Thank you, Mr. Chair. As Mr. Moses mentioned in his opening comments, we did have a discussion at committee on this particular clause. The original wording in Clause 33 on Section 106.1(1) stated that a decision by the registrar under this act is final. Then further on under the same section it talks about that a decision by the registrar could be reviewed. It seemed to me at the time when we were discussing it that the one section was contradicting the other. We discussed it at committee, and as was stated, committee went away and thought that things were done, but in their wisdom the...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just have a couple of comments here. At committee we did have considerable discussion about whether or not the changes in the Jury Act would mean that French-speaking residents would be required for jury duty more often than any other resident and there was a concern, which I think at committee we were comfortable with it at the end. But I just wanted to express that concern to say that it is out there, and I encourage the Minister and the department to make sure in the implementation of these changes to the Jury Act that there are safeguards in there that someone who...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thanks to the Minister. That’s a long time. That’s 18 months from now. The work might be done by then, but I guess it seems to me that this land withdrawal has been in place a lot longer than just six months.

When did this land withdrawal first start? Thank you.

Thanks to the Minister. I look forward to the answer with bated breath.

My next question goes to the difficulties the group that I’m talking about, the motocross group, are having in trying to advance their project. So I’d like to ask the Minister what’s the rationale for the department saying we won’t take any applications for a land lease now, we will not take absolutely any applications until this moratorium is over.

Why would the Minister not allow the department to take applications for people who indicate an interest and then not process them, but simply take an application? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It goes to the desire of this group to establish an area where people can go and use motocross-type vehicles to get them out of going into the bush, so they aren’t destroying land which we don’t want them to destroy. The land in question has previously been used as a track. There are not going to be any dwellings on there, so it’s not going to be near any water. There are no lakes close to that and it’s unlikely that it’s going to be a prime site for any kind of a cabin.

So, if the use of this particular site is agreed to by the Yellowknives Dene or the Akaitcho...

Thanks to the Minister. I understand that we are doing this work, but I don’t understand the actual focus of the work. In developing this Recreational Land Lease Policy, what is the department focusing in on or what particular kind of use is the department focusing in on? As part of that, I’d like to ask the Minister what his definition of recreational use is. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to thank you and all my colleagues in the House for the pinkness yesterday. Anything we as Members can do to raise awareness of bullying is a good thing.

There was significant activity in the Great Hall at noon yesterday. Some 120 students from four Yellowknife schools were here for an anti-bullying event sponsored by the northern chapter of the Public Service Alliance of Canada. Thank you to Jack Bourassa, Lorraine Hewlett, Mark Populous and other PSAC staff for once again organizing this event, and a huge thank you to the students and teachers from William...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a motion. I move that Bill 41 be amended by deleting proposed subsection 106.1(1) in Clause 33 and substituting the following:

106.1(1) Subject to this section, a decision by the registrar under this act is final.

Thank you, Chair, and thanks, Mr. Schauerte, for pointing out what I should have seen in the first place. I guess the revenue for Building Canada Plan for this year, ’15-16, is not there because we haven’t got it yet. Is that right?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just have a couple of comments and I don’t need a response from the Minister. I will have questions when we get to detail. I just wanted to say that I was really pleased to see that there was a review of the funding formula for communities in this past year. It was well overdue, and I think the process that the department undertook was a good one. My communications with the folks from the City of Yellowknife was that it was a good process, well thought out and lots of good discussions and that the end product was a good one. I was really glad to hear that.

I do have to...