Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Earlier today I spoke about the many shortcomings of the recent changes in our GNWT medevac program in which our family and friends are now being dropped off and orphaned at the new Air Operations Centre at the Edmonton International Airport. Admittedly, like many of you, I was led to believe that in preparation of this new service all was good, that patient care was paramount and that full communication would be shared with Regular Members of this House and residents of the NWT during its process.

Well, with little advanced notice and only two weeks into this new...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’ve risen in this House a number of times during this session to speak about ambulance, first responders, as well as emergency services on our highways.

Mr. Speaker, recently we suffered a dangerous tragic accident on our highways and those are always – and hopefully and thank God – rare on our highways. But the statistics show that we have had 130 vehicle accidents on our highways in the last three years, and if you add the numbers, that’s almost one accident every eight days somewhere on our highways. They may seem small compared to the roadways in Alberta or our...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today and I’d like to thank the mover, Mr. Bromley, and the seconder, Ms. Bisaro. The motion speaks to a plebiscite on devolution to be held. In essence, I believe the motion is asking Northerners to put devolution to a vote. The elected Members of this House gathered together some 17 months ago and agreed collectively on the priorities of this 17th Legislative Assembly. One of those priorities was to build a strong and sustainable future for our territory by strengthening our relationships with Aboriginal and other northern governments, negotiating and...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The review of public accounts is the cornerstone of financial accountability and governance in the public sector. In the NWT Legislative Assembly, this oversight is performed by the Standing Committee on Government Operations or, as we like to call it, Gov Ops for short. Our Gov Ops committee works in tandem with the Auditor General of Canada to hold the government to account for its use of public funds and resources. Generally, in overseeing government’s expenditures, we examine the financial accounts; we examine whether the government has spent funds for the purposes...

I would assume in that scenario a vehicle is removed that is non-registered. Therefore, there would be no ticket issued because proof of ownership or registration would not be able to be ascertained. Is that my understanding?

I would assume in that scenario that the parks act would not indicate…or the violation would not be under the parks act. This would actually be under the Motor Vehicles Act. Would that be my assumption?

I guess in its broader sense, the current act, what were some of the impediments that the department was facing to come forward with these type of amendments?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We just can assume or will assume that the Minister has had some meaningful consultations with a number of our caribou commercial outfitters here in the NWT. These outfitters have been waiting for years to get back to their livings and livelihood in the industry.

In his discussions, as we hope, has there been an indication as to the number of tags that these outfitters would require to get back into the game?

I do appreciate the Minister’s reply. I think the general population is quite confused. There are too many surveys out there. I think it would probably be well advised if the Minister of the department could be a bit more clear on what these surveys, or the outcome of these surveys, are going to be trying to achieve.

Another question I do have for the Minister of ENR: What is the formal format to allow resident hunters and commercial outfitters to have a meaningful input in all these upcoming management board discussions in the caribou management or, in this case what we’re hearing, limited...

Thank you, Madam Chair, no. Questions answered.