David Ramsay

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, somebody somewhere made the decision not to send out EDI’s press release on government Messenger e-mail system to all employees in the government. Every other press release that gets issued goes out on Messenger. This one got stopped. Somebody was gate keeping and said this press release was too political in nature and didn’t deserve to go out on Messenger. So, again, I would like to ask the Premier if he would investigate this and find out who this gatekeeper is so that Regular Members know and committees know that we are obviously going to...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yesterday, the Economic Development and Infrastructure committee put out a press release through normal channels. The press release requested information regarding the Deh Cho Bridge process. It was agreed to by all of the committee members. Mr. Speaker, it was the government’s decision yesterday not to send this out through Messenger, the government’s e-mail service, because of the political nature of that press release.

Mr. Speaker, most press releases are political in nature. I am wondering what would make this press release any more political than any other one...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Assuming that there’s no list, how do Regular Members have any input into the decisions on what priorities are on that list, Mr. Speaker? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Premier. I wanted to ask the Premier, does the Government of the Northwest Territories have a list of priority projects for the Building Canada Fund? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m wondering if the Minister can let the Regular Members of this House know how the government plans to consult with Regular Members when it comes to making things a priority of this government. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, getting back to my Member’s statement from earlier today, during the last federal budget, an announcement was made of a $33 billion infrastructure program called the Building Canada Fund. I’d like to ask questions to the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs about this fund. On Wednesday, I’d asked questions of the Minister of Transportation about whether a list existed from this government to the federal government in terms of what the priorities were. Here we are 48 hours later, less than 48 hours later and I’d like to ask the Minister of MACA, does...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to welcome you, Mr. Chairman, to your role as chair of Committee of the Whole. Speaking to the Premier’s sessional statement, I’ve got a number of areas that I wanted to cover. First and foremost, I’m very happy to be back here and happy to be back in my role as a Regular Member of this House. I’m also looking forward to my role as the chair of the Economic Development and Infrastructure committee and the role that I’ll play in hopefully steering the decisions of the government.

I think, for me, and a lot of folks have worked with me in the past, my...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I won’t take up too much more time. I just wanted to say I really enjoyed listening to my colleagues speak about the sessional statement and what their priorities are for this government and the coming four years. There are a few other issues that I just wanted to touch on that I believe this government has to pay attention to. The first one is the migrant worker issue. We’ve got over 3,000 migrant workers in the Northwest Territories that take with them over $300 million out of our territory every year, annually, and $300 million is a lot of money that circulated...

Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm just wondering if there is any reason why the Minister has mentioned the group has met recently. Is there any reason why that report is two and a half months after the fact and when exactly can we expect that report?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment. At the end of the last government, the Premier and the government conducted a trade mission to China. As the industry and tourism file falls under the Minister of ITI, I would like to begin by asking the Minister of ITI where the trip report is from that China trade mission, Mr. Speaker.