Robert Hawkins

Thank you. That kind of took out my last question. I still have time on the clock.

So Mr. Speaker, data well no, you know what, no questions, thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On a different subject don't worry, health Minister. I am going to ask the Premier, who is the Minister of Justice, this question. The body camera has come up over the years and there was some people asking recently and is this a consideration in the long term over the territorial government's working with the RCMP to bring body cameras here North given the fact that we live in a modern world and a new world and this helps both parties involved. So generally speaking, I am going to start off with, the first question is, is this a consideration on the front of the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the management policy looks at construction, but it doesn't look postconstruction, how they intertwine, the relationship between P3s and local northern suppliers. And it was even noted during the review of it is it has caused nothing but problems for people looking for local opportunities.

So my question for her is what can the Minister currently do about the current P3 project to ensure that northern suppliers have a chance on bidding rather than just going south to buy their goods and keeping Northerners out of the game?

I'm just trying to get the sense of why they're going to exist other than believing they'll do a good job. I mean, I think this money could have been better placed in a regional centre, whether it's great places like Fort Providence who really revive languages. You know, we have Tsiigehtchic, you know, or McPherson who are struggling to keep Gwich'in alive; Gwich'in's key. So I'm just curious as to how that rolls out. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Like my colleagues, I want to talk about income assistance today. I sometimes I see it as dependence versus transition to independence. I read on the internet the other day, it said welfare dependency can be defined as a state in which person or a household is reliant on government's benefits or further income for a prolonged period of time, Mr. Speaker, and without which, they cannot manage or sustain their daily living.

Mr. Speaker, how does the department transition families from dependency to programs to independencies? I worry that the cornerstone of hope is really...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I guess I'm going to ask what's the sales pitch to FMB based on the results and targets and the necessity of this position, could you give it to us. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Maybe just to pick up quickly, what type of targets are you setting for this particular position? I mean, we must have some matrix to decide that it's warranted and needed, and so can we get some objectives on how they're going to change this story. Thank you.

Yeah, thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, you know, some of it is about burying and people back, whether they didn't make it. I'm not trying to be insensitive, but. And sometimes it's about connecting people to dying children, relatives, etcetera. So there is a bit of a variety. Someone's on their last leg and told you were on holidays, it's your fault, in the sense of it's your responsibility fault. That's what I mean. So I think the Minister knows what I'm getting at, and it's not as simple as defining it as one black and white policy. It's about trying to look at ways that we can connect...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I won't spend too long. I just want to say, first of all, I know what the delete function is. Unfortunately, people have to appreciate and I think the Premier put it well except the part which he says I may not be aware of what I'm doing. I didn't take that as offensive. I took that as tongue in cheek, which is fine. I give it so I should taketh, as they say, so I welcometh. So the point being is, though, it's an interesting observation, and I think it's very important to stress that because but the Members themselves only have the ability to delete...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I appreciate the opportunity to talk on this page. And I just want to stress that the extended health benefits concern is significant to the riding. And it's a little bit of divide and conquer that FMB may have been preaching or pushing this perspective for some time saying well, you need to do this this way and this this way and based on these types of fairness calculations. But who really decides what's fair and reasonable is us, really. And I mean when we're struggling to keep people here and a reason to stay here, I mean, folks are now being paid more whether...