Debates of January 21, 2004 (day 2)

January
21
2004
Day
2
Speaker
David Krutko
Word
Members Present
ITEM 1: PRAYER
Assembly Members
Topics
Member’s Statement On Access To Justice And Legal Aid Concerns
Member’s Statement On Acknowledgement Of Contributions To Youth Sport Programs In The Sahtu
Member’s Statement On Appointments To The Aurora College Board of Governors
Member’s Statement On Condolences On The Passing Of Delorme Family Members
Member’s Statement On Environmental Reviews Of Deh Cho Bridge And Miramar Con Mine
Member’s Statement On Health Services Provided To Aboriginal Seniors
Member’s Statement On Income Support Concerns In Hay River
Member’s Statement On Parks Use Policy
Member’s Statement On Tax Exemptions For NWT Residents
Minister's Statement 5-15(2): Budget Process Update
Minister's Statement 6-15(2): Tlicho Final Agreement And The Establishment Of New Community Governments
Minister's Statement 7-15(2): National Non-Smoking Week
Minister’s Statement 8-15(2): 2004 Arctic Winter Games
Minister’s Statement 9-15(2): Minister Absent From The House
Question 11-15(2): Staff Morale At North Slave Correctional Facility
Question 12-15(2): Access To Legal Aid For Family Law Matters
Question 13-15(2): After School Youth Programs In The Sahtu
Question 14-15(2): Training Required For Income Support Workers
Question 15-15(2): Environmental Assessment Of The Deh Cho Bridge Project
Question 16-15(2): Health Coverage For Aboriginal Seniors
Question 17-15(2): GNWT Parks Use Policy
Question 18-15(2): NWT Tax Exemption Options
Question 19-15(2): Non-Resident Mining Industry Employees
Question 20-15(2): Abandonment And Restoration Of Miramar Con Mine
Return To Question 11-15(2): Staff Morale At North Slave Correctional Facility
Tabled Document 7-15(2): Interactivity Transfers Exceeding $250,000
Written Question 1-15(2): Human Resource Issues At North Slave Correctional Facility
Written Question 2-15(2): Smoking And GNWT Employees
Statements

Question 13-15(2): After School Youth Programs In The Sahtu

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I indicated in my Member's statement, I have a question for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment with regard to the future of our youth in the Sahtu region. I wanted to ask the Minister if he would enter into a discussion with the Minister of MACA to create opportunities for our youth, between education and MACA, for after-school programs to support our children and to get them off the streets and to give them an opportunity to have a good, positive life and all the good things that go along with the Minister's statement?

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Minister of Education, Culture and Employment.

Return To Question 13-15(2): After School Youth Programs In The Sahtu

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would be happy to commit to work with my colleague on this issue. It may interest the honourable Member to know that as recently as yesterday, the staff of Education, Culture and Employment and Health and Social Services were meeting to discuss healthy living and active living activities. They have agreed that we will work together a bit more formally to try to pull together a plan, so that we can work within existing budgets to stimulate community-level activities particularly aimed at focusing on youth in the communities across the North. I would endeavor to also bring in our colleague, the Minister of Youth, to this group now and make sure that the four of us are working towards a plan that we can announce perhaps as early as this June.