Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I certainly look forward to the discussions that the Premier will have with his colleagues in the aboriginal governments. Is the Premier also looking at how they assemble certain provincial leaders? I know they support us regarding certain initiatives up in the northern parts of the provinces that are in similar situations and have been left isolated. There are no roads going to some of the communities; there is a high cost of living in some of the provinces. Is there a game plan that maybe one day the partners in the Northwest Territories, along with partners in Canada, can go down to Ottawa? I guess I’m looking for that date when we can say to the federal government that we mean business; no more handouts. We want to see a good deal for the North. I guess that’s what I’m looking for.
Mr. Speaker, we use every opportunity to build the support with provincial colleagues across the country. In fact, the northern Premiers have worked together already. I chair that for the remainder of this year — maybe not the remainder of this year, but for the one year term that we have the seat. We had a meeting this June with a number of initiatives put forward. We’ve used the Western Premiers’ Conference and the Council of the Federation to put forward our initiatives and continue building the support. So we will continue to use those avenues, continue to build their support. They have publicly and through press releases of these meetings supported our initiatives in moving forward with the federal government.
There will be a meeting of the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Infrastructure at the rise of the House.
Orders of the Day for Thursday, October 23, 2008, 1:30 p.m.
Prayer
Ministers’ Statements
Members’ Statements
Reports of Standing and Special Committees
Returns to Oral Questions
Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery
Acknowledgements
Oral Questions
Written Questions
Returns to Written Questions
Replies to Opening Address
Petitions
Reports of Committees on the Review of Bills
Tabling of Documents
Notices of Motion
Notices of Motion for First Reading of Bills
Motions
First Reading of Bills
Second Reading of Bills
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Report of Committee of the Whole
Third Reading of Bills
Orders of the Day
Thank you, Madam Clerk. Accordingly, this House stands adjourned until Thursday, October 23, 2008, at 1:30 p.m.
The House adjourned at 4:13 p.m.
