Floyd Roland

Yes, Mr. Chairman. To my right is Ms. Kathleen LeClair, the secretary to the FMB, and to my left is Mr. Sandy Kalgutkar, the director of budgeting and evaluation.

Mr. Speaker, to the amended motion.

We in cabinet agree with the principle of the amended motion as well as with the principles of the UN declaration.

One of the things we should recognize is that when you look at this work, in Canada itself and, in fact, in the Northwest Territories, as Ms. Bisaro stated, we already hold in high regard our relationship with aboriginal peoples in the country and again in the Northwest Territories. Look at the makeup of this Legislative Assembly. It’s just an example of the relationship we have with the people and the land here in the Northwest Territories.

We...

Mr. Speaker, yes, I do.

Mr. Speaker, the Ministers would work through their department, if it is work on behalf of the department — and I’d have to get a specific example. But through a department, the department can initiate that activity from direction given by the Minister, so I don’t get to review all of those areas for consulting contracts.

Mr. Chairman, I don’t have that detail. I have to go to the Minister of Justice for that.

Mr. Speaker, if we go back to Hansard, the first session that we had was in late November — or was it mid-November? — shortly after our election. I was just voted in as Premier of the Northwest Territories, had not yet assigned portfolios the first couple of days of session, and I took every question from every area of concern in the Northwest Territories.

I can’t go back to all the other types of questions, but I did my best to answer Members in that area. As I already stated when this previous question was asked of me later on, if I didn’t jump to the conclusion that that was the specific...

Mr. Chairman, the request from the Department of Justice is because right now anyone visiting those facilities has open access to the facilities. There are no gates or fencing that would stop people from entering or leaving, besides the actual structure. That is why it was brought forward in this manner. The Minister of Justice may have additional information to provide on these two projects.

Mr. Speaker, maybe I’m having a dream and I’ve woken up in the 15th Assembly. This is the 16th Assembly. Members have asked for information, I’ve committed to that information, and we’ve provided that information. Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, with the young offenders facility in Inuvik, the foundation issues have been there, unfortunately, almost since the construction of the facility was completed. There’s a portion of the building that is still settling — I guess that is the term that is used — that is causing other problems within the facility itself. This is one of the buildings in that community that is on-grade; that is the term that’s used. It’s not with the piling foundation. It’s on a passive refrigerant system.

Unfortunately, the area they’ve built on didn’t allow for the freezing to occur — that’s some of...

Mr. Speaker, once again the Member wants to debate what the previous government did, what the previous Premier did; I’m talking about the 16th Assembly and what we’ve done. We’ve provided all the information Members have asked for. They may not like it, but they’ve got the information. We’ve committed to and honoured the delivery of what they’ve asked for, and I say let’s now get on with business.