Bob Bromley

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just one quick question here. I see the Kaw Tay Whee School in Detah is up for some much needed work, renovation. There has been a concern about mould in that community. I’m wondering if that problem has been taken care of or is this the work that’s meant to take care of that problem.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment following up on his Minister’s statement this morning on Student Financial Assistance review. I just want to start by confirming that this review will indeed include some additional support for upgrading as per the Minister’s commitment in earlier discussions in the House.

I appreciate that response. How long will the extension be for? I am concerned that we’ve known about this situation for a long time and obviously have not planned for it, or we’ve had higher priorities. So what are we doing to make sure that we do plan for it at the end of whatever period of extension we are proposing to pursue on the lease? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As the motion points out, the federal legislation will have an even higher impact on our citizens than elsewhere. The NWT has the highest or nearly the highest incident rates of many minor crimes. Typically, we have worked with these first time offenders and small crime offenders to get them back on track, but now with the two-year minimums, there are serious consequences. Of course, one of the results will be, as mentioned in the motion, the loss of culture, the loss of these young people being embedded in their family and community life where they can develop...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, thanks for the response from the Minister. I think the work done to date certainly does epitomize that and I appreciate his ongoing interest in proceeding in that cooperative basis.

Is there a possibility for involvement of the Deton’Cho Corporation as an example of the Giant Mine bypass road and other associated projects in the riding? Mahsi.

My colleague from the Sahtu noted that had there been an all-weather road available, the Minister may have made it back earlier as well.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I need to raise again the need for building standards for our communities. Most if not all jurisdictions in Canada provide this and, somewhat mysteriously, this department or this government resists that responsibility. Yet the communities, if you read the resolutions and so on of the Northwest Territories Association of Communities, want building standards and they want support in inspection of such infrastructure and assistance in that.

My general comment is when, oh when, will we get building standards for our communities that will help them enjoy the sorts of...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are for the Minister of Transportation, a follow-up on my Member’s statement about transportation projects planned for the Weledeh riding.

In my statement I mentioned the great partnerships that developed, the training and the development of an Aboriginal business and so on. I think we’ve got great progress there. I want to know, first of all, if the Minister concurs with that and is happy with the accomplishments that have been achieved about the investment of this government about the reconstruction of the Detah road.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The Minister mentioned Bill C-10. I want to just follow up very quickly, because, obviously, according to the discussion earlier in the House today – and I know the Minister is well aware and working on this – there are costs associated with this legislation. Just for efficiency, I will ask two questions right away here. Is there any work that the Minister has done on costing of likely new infrastructure needs resulting from the impacts of Bill C-10 that he can report on today? When might be the earliest point when we would expect such needs to materialize as a result...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Very briefly, this House has yet to rule on whether my use of “crimes against humanity” was indeed a wrong use of our language or not. But, obviously, Mr. McLeod believes it was wrong. I believe it was right, but he believes it was wrong and uses that to justify his using bad language or the wrong language as well. Do two wrongs make a right?