David Ramsay

Mahsi, Mr. Lafferty. To the motion. Mr. Pokiak.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions today are for the Minister of Human Resources and it gets back to my Member’s statement from earlier where I mentioned again the fact that since 1999, the size of the public service has gone from 3,700 to over 5,500 employees. That’s 1,800 positions in seven years, Mr. Speaker. Four years of this government and reactionary position growth, four years of having no human resource plan, strategy or vision. Four years of no consideration of the impact self-government will have on our human resource needs going into the future. I have some why...

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned in my Member’s statement, it has been over 20 years since the issue of dealing with legislation governing locksmithing was first brought to the attention of the then-Justice Minister. As I mentioned, it has perhaps been brought to every Justice Minister since then. I am wondering, the first question I would have for the present-day Justice Minister is, locksmithing regulations and legislation, where does it fit in the government’s agenda? Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. General comments, Bill 16. If there are no further general comments, clause by clause?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to speak today about how the Government of the Northwest Territories is dragging its heels on legislation that directly impacts the lives and the livelihood of northerners. Mr. Speaker, I would equate the government’s history on developing legislation is as slow as molasses going uphill. Examples are the Wildlife Act, the Species at Risk Act and the long-awaited Liquor Act. With large pieces of legislation taking as long as they do, I am left wondering where, oh where, on the government’s radar is legislation on locksmithing and massage therapy.

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Thank you, Minister Bell. Any further general comments to Bill 16? Mr. Braden.

Agreed, thanks, committee. General comments on Bill 16. Mr. Pokiak.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. I'm wondering now if you'd like to bring in witnesses.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In terms of the annual report, I’m just wondering, will that come out as a supplement to the Power Corporation’s annual report or will it be separate and distinct from the Power Corporation’s annual report?