Glen Abernethy

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. I didn’t hear a question, more of a comment. Next on my list is Mr. Ramsay.

I would like to get the Minister to commit to actually providing the Members on this side of the House with a bit of a breakdown of how the process is intended to work. Also, I would like the Minister to commit to actually, like I indicated, getting this information to the pharmacists, because the pharmacists I talked to today don’t know anything about the changes in the process.

Thank you, Mr. Jacobson. I didn’t hear a question. I’ll take it as a comment. Next on my list is Mr. Beaulieu.

I wish to table the following document, a letter to the Premier regarding the Tu Beta Ts’ena “Water is Life” documentary that was premiered last evening.

Document 96-16(2), Letter to Premier on documentary film production “Water is Life,” tabled.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is in follow-up to my Member’s statement with respect to the Tu Beta Ts’ena, “Water is Life” film that was premiered last night.

During my discussions with a number of people in the audience after the film, it was easy to tell that people were very passionate about this film. I think it is very important for this film to get into as many places as possible so people can get to see this film. It would be good for this government to get it into all of the schools.

So my question to the Premier is: would he commit to purchasing copies of the film from the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, rise to support this bill and to thank Ms. Trudel as well for bringing this to our attention and being the champion for this in the public.

Waste is an unfortunate by-product of how business is conducted, and I feel that this bill will offer businesses a level of comfort so they feel comfortable and safe in providing this food. I think this is a good idea. I think this is going to offer an awful lot of support to those people in the community who need it. I think it’s a good bill.

That kind of sounded like a yes. That’s good. Just so you know, the film is $30 a copy, so it shouldn’t cost us too much to get enough copies for all of our schools. And since we’re talking about schools in the Northwest Territories, I think it might also be good to ensure that we get a copy of that film into every high school that falls within the Mackenzie River water basin. I think we’re going to need as much help as we can get, and we might as well get some of the youth of Alberta helping us fight the tar sands.

I’d like to see if the Premier would be willing to commit to getting enough...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Last night I attended the world premiere of the Akaitcho Territory Dene First Nations film Tu Beta Ts’ena, which is “Water is Life.” At that film we were introduced to Terry Woolf, who did the filming, Alex Czarnecki, who was the director, and Norm Glowach, who wrote some original songs for the movie.

Also during the film, the facilitator was encouraging members of the audience to go out into the foyer after the meeting and get copies of some letters they had prepared to be distributed to the Premier of the Northwest Territories, the Premier of Alberta and the Prime...

Yes, I remember when it was suggested that devolution and resource revenue sharing were off the agenda. We all were obviously concerned, and we pushed for him to get it on, and it’s on. That’s good; that’s fantastic. What I’m talking about is a proposal that has now gone forward to the feds. We don’t know anything about it. We don’t know the details. We didn’t find out until September 29, which was 38 days after you made the proposal to the federal government.

I’m still curious, and this is going to go back to my first question. Why wasn’t this information on the specifics of this proposal...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Last June I made a Member’s statement about Cabinet communication and consensus government. As I indicated then, I believe in consensus government. I feel that it can and does work. However, for it to be effective, it will take cooperation from all Members: those in Cabinet and those on this side of the House. Unfortunately, open two way communication and open dialogue does not always occur.

Toward the end of the May–June session I was optimistic that effective two way communication between Cabinet and the rest of us was going to be a reality. Since then there has been...