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 Condolences On The Recent Passing Of Tuktoyaktuk Elders

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to send condolences to families and friends in Tuktoyaktuk. Since December 2004, families and friends in Tuktoyaktuk have lost two elders.

I am sorry to report, Mr. Speaker, on Saturday night, I received word that another prominent elder, Mr. Edgar Kotokak passed away peacefully at the Inuvik General Hospital. Mr. Kotokak was surrounded by family and friends.

Mr. Speaker, last night around 11:00 p.m., I received another call about another prominent elder, Martha Kikoak, who passed away at the Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife. Mrs. Kikoak was the wife of my late uncle Roy Kikoak.

Mr. Speaker, at this time, I would like, on behalf of my family and the residents of Tuktoyaktuk, to extend our deepest sympathy to families and friends of the late Edgar Kotokak and to the families of the late Martha Kikoak of Tuktoyaktuk. I cannot be there this week; however, my thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

---Applause