Daryl Dolynny

I’ll call Committee of the Whole back to order. I’ll ask Minister Lafferty if he has witnesses he’d like to bring into the House. Minister Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Minister Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Mr. Yakeleya.

Parents play a key role in accountability when it comes to bullying. Can the Minister indicate how does his department ensure the accountability of parents preventing bullying in our schools? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I know the Minister shared, earlier today, progress towards the continued implementation of the NWT Community Fire Protection Plan, yet there appears to still be an overall lack of a proper fire safety culture in our communities.

Can the Minister share what he intends to do to fix this monumental problem? Thank you.

Since December 2014, can the Minister indicate what improvements have been undertaken in the department assisting the hamlet of Fort Resolution to meet emergency service standards of operation? Thank you.

I’m encouraged to hear that we’re providing that financial management support, and hopefully CKLB can see that as reaching out by this government and I strongly encourage it to take advantage of it.

That being said, the so-called 600-some thousand dollars of programming dollars isn’t enough to keep the doors open per se. I mean, that’s just a smidgen of the amount that’s required to pay wages, operational costs and everything. One of huge undertakings that CKLB is facing today, and has faced for probably over 10 or 15 years, is its community transmitters are in dire need of replacement. As I...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Mr. Moses.

Several stakeholders recommended that a majority of registration-committee members be licenced practitioners or at least very knowledgeable about the profession. The committee noted that provisions pertaining to registration committees are flexible enough to accommodate this request.

Some stakeholders drew attention to the difficulty of regulating professions, which have a small number of practitioners. For instance, the Northwest Territories is home to just a handful of naturopathic doctors. The association representing them noted potential for...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I’m going to take a break from junior kindergarten. I’ll let the department take a rest.

Mr. Chair, I know the Minister is deeply passionate about Aboriginal language, especially getting Aboriginal language programming in the communities. He spoke very passionately last week, actually this week on CKLB. I myself have been equally passionate about trying to aid an organization that has been saddled with a number of old debts and has been dealing with aging infrastructure, aging transmitters and, quite frankly, very stagnant in Heritage Canada funding and also funding from...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Reading about a WSCC stop work order of the Fort Resolution fire department in December of 2014 did leave many asking how. How did this hamlet get itself in this predicament?

Although little was said or reported, the concern was about the safety of the volunteer firefighters. But what was never discussed was the root problem of why there were so many safety deficiencies, training and equipment maintenance issues.

Armed with more questions than answers, I attempted to peel back the layers surrounding this concern. Interestingly, through my findings, this is not an...