Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just have a brief question as to… We seem to be modernizing this act. Is this act bringing us in line with what we’re seeing in other jurisdictions across Canada?

Thank you, Madam Chair. I do have some general comments. I just want to do due diligence on behalf of being a committee member that was present during the public review on November 1st of this year, with respect to the repeal of this act.

It would definitely be important to note and, again, to get reaffirmation and confirmation by the department and by the Minister that there is, indeed, no proponent, no one individual or no organization that is currently in the queue for any type of application process with respect to forming, or the intent of a credit union. I’m hoping that within the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table various documents pertaining to my analysis of the E3 School. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We recently enjoyed the budget dialogues with the Minister of Finance throughout the Territories. We were told in the House and we were told in many of these meetings that people are gravely concerned about addictions and money put towards it. In fact, sometimes, when people were doing the Lego exercise with the Minister of Finance, there were Legos left over. They said, we want to put it into addictions. Again, I am holding Legos in my hand for health and social services.

How much money are we going to be putting towards next year’s budget towards addictions? Thank you...

That’s a pretty large number for updating a plan. I think we’ve already got a mental addictions treatment plan, so now we’re going to have a plan with a plan. Again, talk is cheap; addictions cost money.

Can the Minister indicate to us what kind of plan we are going to have? I was very bold; I had a five-point plan today and brought it to the House here. We’ve only heard, really, to this date on this side of the House the Minister’s one-point plan, which I mentioned earlier.

Can the Minister allude to the House here, do we have more than just a one-point plan? Can the Minister allude to his...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, would like to recognize some residents from Weledeh, but a former colleague of mine here in the medical profession world, Dr. Ewan Affleck, who is an ultra-marathon runner, the pioneer of electronic medical records and one heck of a gifted practitioner. Sitting next to him is the lovely Susan Chatwood, who is our scientific director for the Institute of Circumpolar Health Research. And as we found out, we have an esteemed colleague here with us, Mr. Andrew Chatwood, who is a former Member of the Parliament for Grand Falls-White Bay-Labrador riding and...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On the land addictions and mental health treatment, this is the only direction we have heard from the Minister of Health and Social Services when asked several times about the future direction of addictions treatment in the North. I’m sorry, but this is not enough. For this, I am going to be bringing today my version of a five-step program and hoping that the Minister and the department are paying attention.

For starters, we all have had enough. Enough talk, enough debates, enough studies and enough strategies. Enough already. You are just wasting valuable resources...

Thank you, Madam Chair. The Standing Committee on Social Programs conducted its public review of Bill 7, An Act to Amend the Judicature Act, on August 23 and October 29, 2012. The committee thanks the Minister and his staff for presenting the bill.

The bill provides for the enforcement of orders stemming from the national Agreement on Internal Trade in the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories. The government has been committed to this change since 2009. The bill also allows the Commissioner, on the recommendation of the Justice Minister, to regulate fees and expenses related to court...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I appreciate committee and colleagues for allowing me to bring this motion to the House. This debate occurred much before we are speaking to it today, so I appreciate bringing it here today.

This was by far the most contentious and most debated amendment to the proposed Legal Aid Act, and for good reason, as the premise of having the executive director being a non-lawyer has shaken the foundation of stagnant thinking. Many may ask, why should one care to challenge this concept? What is the point? The answer is simple: We are here to listen to the people and to create the...

Thank you, Madam Chair. The Standing Committee on Social Programs conducted its public review of Bill 5, Legal Aid Act, on August 23 and October 29, 2012. The committee thanks the Minister and his staff for presenting the bill.

The bill repeals and replaces the Legal Services Act. In the proposed act, the Legal Services Board continues to operate under the new title, the Legal Aid Commission.

The committee received substantial and thoughtful public input, both written and in person. This, combined with committee’s work, resulted in 12 proposed amendments to strengthen the bill. The Minister...