Jackson Lafferty

Yes, I will, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Hon. Member for Range Lake, that Bill 7, Securities Act, be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill modernizes our framework for regulating trading in securities in the Northwest Territories and enables full implementation of the “passport system” for the regulation of the securities industry in Canada. Established by an inter-provincial/territorial agreement, the passport system has been designed to give market participants access to capital markets across Canada based on consistent laws and the decision of the securities regulator in the...

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the Hon. Member from Yellowknife South, that Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Maintenance Orders Enforcement Act, be read for a second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill amends the Maintenance Orders Enforcement Act to provide additional enforcement measures that may be taken by a Maintenance Enforcement Administrator for the purpose of enforcing a maintenance order so that it is filed with the Maintenance Enforcement Office.

The new enforcement measures:

expand the types of information that the administrator may, for the purposes of enforcing a maintenance order...

Mr. Speaker, I’d like to thank the Members for sharing their concerns and issues pertaining to this particular motion. These issues and concerns were addressed by the social program that we met with earlier last week. And we made a commitment to go back to the House and also to the committee in six months’ time to identify where the progress is at with the short-term/long-term action plan that’s been developed by the people from the community.

Mr. Speaker, just to highlight what’s been taking place pertaining to this motion, September ’07 is when it all started with identifying concerns and...

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Hon. Member for Range Lake, that Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2008, be read for the first time. Mahsi.

Mr. Speaker, again, our department is working with the community of Fort Smith, identifying what’s happening out there — the incident the Member is referring to — because it does reflect on the programs being delivered, the enrolment and so forth. So I’m not going to specifically say this person is responsible. It’s all departments that are conducting the review. Mahsi.

Mr. Speaker, the review we talked about earlier is before us, within our department. That has been conducted ECE and also Aurora College on apprenticeship and occupational certification and the program set that we’d deliver.

Of those issues that the Member is referring to — some of the areas that have been referenced as well — he listed intimidation and fear. Our department is aware of things that are happening within that community. We do have a team that is reviewing these documents. There’s more ongoing communication happening within our department and Aurora College on that specific item...

Mr. Chair, I don’t have the specific details of all the previous renovations that have taken place. Our department would have that information, but I don’t have that detailed information in front of me.

Mr. Speaker, it is important to share information and have fair communication. I’m willing to share that with the Member and also the parent, if we can set up a meeting with our department and allow the Member to sit down with the parent. I feel similar incidents need to be addressed — why this took place and whatnot, and therefore this information can be shared from the department. Mahsi.

The work is still continuing. As the Member indicated, we are still at the planning stages. The design development is scheduled for March 2008. That’s in the works. Site grading, drainage and ball-field work will continue in the spring and summer of 2008. So there is work scheduled for this summer and fall. The site work is scheduled to be complete in the summer of 2008.

The Member indicated it had something to do with an announcement. No, it doesn’t. The announcement of the $135 million that he referred to…. These two projects have been on the books. We are continuing with the project. Both...