Shane Thompson

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to leave you today with the wise words of Franklin D. Roosevelt, “We cannot always build a future for our youth, but we can build our youth for our future.” Later on, I'll have questions for the Minister of Human Resources. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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...

Is the Department of Human Resources willing to work with the departments to see if we can get some summer employment positions out to the smaller communities -- not the regional centres, but the smaller communities to help get employment for these students?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To follow up on my Member’s statement here today, I have some questions for the Minster of Human Resources. In the past, government departments have identified potential summer student positions and the process has been started. Right now, there seems to be a delay, so I would like to ask, can the Minister tell us what the department's plans are in rolling out summer jobs this year. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

MR. SPEAKER:

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I'm going to talk about something that is near and dear to my heart. Yes, you guessed it. Youth. For the past 28 years, my career has been focused on doing something for these special folks. I apologize to this individual, I don't have his name right now, but I'd like to share a revised quote that I've tried to live by throughout these years. For the government to realize the huge dividends our youth bring to us, we must take every step possible to invest in them empowerment, education, and employment of our young people. By investing in these three areas for...

Can the Minister please provide us with a picture of who was involved in coming up with these ideas for cuts, reductions, and revenue options?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and sorry for not getting that right. I will hopefully get it right next time. I agree that we must work together to address these fiscal challenges. Unfortunately, I'm not sure what we meant by working together. Later on, I'll have some questions for the Minister of Finance. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I had faith in consensus government. When we talk about consensus government, it is exchanging ideas, listening to people, and hashing it out until you come up with a consensus to it. Not, “well, here it is, we'll bring it to the floor and we'll hammer it out here.” To me, consensus government is working together so we're here and now. To the credit of Cabinet, I appreciate the work you guys did to this. You guys did a lot of work and took a lot of time into it. I don't think you've heard everybody's comments or concerns, because we wouldn't be here if you did. I think we...

I’d like to thank the Minister for his answer. Can the Minister of Finance please tell us how the frontline public servants have been involved in providing recommendations to this government?