Shane Thompson

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm not going to elaborate. My colleagues have been pretty articulate on what we're trying to get across here. In my riding, representing Nahendeh, there are a number of issues with daycare, or childcare, I guess we'd say. In Fort Liard, we had to close our childcare because we couldn't afford it. The community couldn't afford it. We have other people in the communities having to not work because they can't get affordable and reliable childcare, which means income support has to be paid. It's unfortunate that this is happening. I think we need to be looking at it, come up...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is just to be consistent throughout the document. We talk about solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal in other areas, so it is to be consistent with it as well. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I’d like to thank the Minister for the answer. During my Member’s statement I talked about training for youth, and you know it's great to train the staff and you know the people that run the school and that, but have you looked at potential training for youth so they can you know stop the bullying and make sure the schools are a safe environment.

I thank the Minister for his answer. Can you please elaborate a bit on how the youth were involved and engaged in this process?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The other one is the HIGH FIVE program, with the five principles of healthy child development, being offered by the NWT Recreation and Parks Association. It provides in-depth training in the five principles of healthy child development so front-line leaders understand what they need to do to ensure each child's social, emotional, and cognitive needs are met. There is a great section that deals with bullying. In closing I would like to leave us with this cool acronym I heard today to deal with bullying, WITS: Walk away, Ignore it, Talk about it, Seek help. Later on, I'll...

I’m good. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that Tabled Document 1-18(2), Proposed Mandate of the Government of the Northwest Territories, 2016-2019 be amended on page 27 by deleting the words “We will promote a national physical activity strategy for all residents to improve health and fitness” and insert the words “We will develop and implement a Northwest Territories physical activity strategy for all residents to improve health and fitness.”

I've said enough. Thank you, sir.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I too would like a recorded vote as well, please.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a motion that I would like to make a change to the mandate. I move that Tabled Document 1-18(2), Proposed Mandate of Government of Northwest Territories 2016-2019, be amended on page 12 by deleting the words “We will provide high quality public tourism facilities by developing a plan to invest in the modernization of our parks infrastructure and signage, as well as extending our tourism opportunities by building new parks such as Doi’Toh Territorial Park in the Sahtu region” and insert the words “We will provide high quality public tourism facilities by...