Bill Braden

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In general, Mr. Speaker, what is the nature of the contract or the relationship that our government has in terms of funding and supporting this society?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. For those First Nations that do not yet have a settled claim, recognizing that situation, respecting it, should we be considering that as a reason for us all not to join together? Is that in effect a deal breaker, Mr. Speaker?

Mr. Speaker, the Premier also said earlier today that he would like to see a target or time frame on achieving this at the end of the fiscal year. It’s more or less consistent with what he said a few years ago that perhaps four months was an achievable time frame for this. I’d like to ask the Premier, Mr. Speaker, just why is he choosing this time frame? What is significant about it? How is it going to be achievable within that time frame, if not less, Mr. Speaker?

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize some visitors to the gallery who are with the Yellowknife Inuit Association; Katujjiqatigiit, Mr. Speaker. How did I do?

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Mr. Speaker, with us today are Iga Atagootak who is the president, Deborah Tagornak who is the executive director…

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…Flossie Oakoak and Ada McGillivary, Mr. Speaker.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Very briefly, I speak in support of the bill. One of the important functions that every Legislature has is to enable professional organizations such as here, geologists and engineers, to set up organizations by which they can govern themselves and hold themselves accountable. We do this in many areas, Mr. Chair, nurses, lawyers, many professions. So this is just the kind of good housekeeping that a Legislature should do and I compliment the people engaged in this profession here in the North. I commend this bill to our colleagues in the Nunavut Legislature and hope...

Merci, Mr. Speaker. During yesterday’s debate, Mr. Speaker, on the electoral boundaries issue, I quoted from a letter circulated to all Members of the Legislative Assembly by Craig Yeo, a Yellowknife resident. It is a letter dated October 18th. I would like to table this for the record.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Of course, I too will be voting in favour of this amendment. Madam Chair, I will not repeat my comments earlier, but to reiterate what I believe was a good recommendation made to this Assembly by the boundaries commission. It reflects that there are changes going on within our society and our communities and our demographics, and that it is incumbent on us to recognize those and strive to do the best we can to ensure that the idea of proportional representation is done to the best of our ability with the obvious considerations that we have, which we already gave to...

Mr. Speaker, is the WCB afraid that if something goes sideways for them again in this Appeals Tribunal that it’s going to cost them a lot of money? Is that what they’re doing, Mr. Speaker? Are they trying to protect the fund instead of doing what is right for injured workers?

Mr. Speaker, the Minister yesterday advised that in relation to Mr. Valic’s long and valiant struggle to get to the court-ordered appeal, newly constituted Appeal Tribunal, that "the WCB has not applied to take an adversarial point of view at all in the Appeals Tribunal hearing." I’m quoting from unedited Hansard of yesterday. Mr. Speaker, I understand that the board has indeed applied for standing at Mr. Valic’s tribunal. I wanted to ask the Minister, if indeed he said yesterday that the WCB has not applied to take an adversarial point of view, why has it applied for standing in Mr. Valic’s...

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I, too, would like to welcome and reflect on the presence of so many people of the Armed Forces of various countries in the world who are touring the North on an extended training mission. Mr. Speaker, the military has had a long and very valued tradition of involvement and contribution and participation in this community, not only for the duty they have in Canada’s Arctic protecting the nation but with the very life and fabric of Yellowknife. I remember the establishment of what some might fondly recall as the “Yellow Submarine;" the first base here for the...