Debates of March 7, 2005 (day 50)

March
7
2005
Day
50
Speaker
Paul Delorey
Word
Members Present
ITEM 1: PRAYER
Assembly Members
Topics
Committee Motion 27-15(3) Recommendation To Develop Plan To Address Absence Of Policing Services In Small Communities, Carried
Committee Motion 28-15(3) Recommendation That Funding For Remand Unit For South Mackenzie Correctional Centre Be Reinstated, Carried
Member’s Statement On Affirmative Action Policy And Human Rights Act Inconsistencies
Member’s Statement On Affirmative Action Policy Application To The Management Assignment Program
Member’s Statement On Breast Cancer “Run For Our Lives” Fundraising Event
Member’s Statement On Closure Of The South Mackenzie Correctional Centre Remand Unit
Member’s Statement On Condolences On The Recent Passing Of Tuktoyaktuk Elders
Member’s Statement On Flight Of Dreams For The Children’s Wish Foundation
Member’s Statement On Hockey Night In Deline
Member’s Statement On Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Office In Hay River
Member’s Statement On Muskrat Trapping Season
Member’s Statement On New Swimming Pool For Fort Simpson
Minister’s Statement 104-15(3): Social Workers Week
Minister’s Statement 105-15(3): Premier Absent From The House
Question 552-15(3): Federal University And College Entrance Program
Question 553-15(3): GNWT Position Reductions
Question 554-15(3): Affirmative Action Barriers To Employment
Question 555-15(3): Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Office
Question 556-15(3): GNWT Affirmative Action Policy
Question 557-15(3): Income Support For Disabled Persons
Question 558-15(3): GNWT Affirmative Action Policy
Question 559-15(3): University And College Entrance Funding For Metis Students
Question 560-15(3): GNWT Casual And Term Employees
Question 561-15(3): NWT Affirmative Action Advisory Committee
Question 562-15(3): Taxation Of Grants To Aboriginal Students
Tabled Document 120-15(3): Public Service Growth - 1999 To 2004
Statements

Member’s Statement On New Swimming Pool For Fort Simpson

Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I want to discuss the aboveground pool program in the Northwest Territories and make some comments about the swimming pool in Fort Simpson and the poor condition it is in. Mr. Speaker, a new recreational facility such as an aboveground swimming pool could contribute to the overall health of the community. Entire families could enjoy what a swimming pool has to offer, be it from swimming lessons, competitive sports or leisurely activities. Mr. Speaker, I couldn’t have said it any better myself. If these words sound familiar, it is because they should, especially to the Minister of MACA who, when he sat on this side of the fence in the 14th Assembly, said these words about the need for a new pool, except, of course, he was arguing the case for Fort Providence.

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Hear! Hear!

The only difference now is he has a new pool and we don’t.

---Laughter

Speaker: SOME HON. MEMBERS

Hey!

Mr. Speaker, you can understand me when I say that I expect the Minister of MACA to have a lot of sympathy for me when I say Fort Simpson needs a new pool too. All kidding aside, Mr. Speaker, the pool in Fort Simpson is in about the same shape as the pool in Fort Providence was. It’s only three feet deep, has paint chips falling in it and all the wood is rotting. In my own words, Mr. Speaker, I realize that tax-based communities are supposed to pay for their own infrastructure, but let’s be honest here. How is a town of just over 1,000 supposed to pay for a new pool out of their property taxes when they already have such a huge infrastructure deficit? It’s just not going to happen.

Mr. Speaker, it is time this government recognized the fact that communities in Nahendeh are long overdue for some new recreational facilities. Mahsi cho.

---Applause