Jane Groenewegen

Thank you. Might I take this moment to remind Members that we are having a group photo taken in the Great Hall at the break and then we’ll have a very brief break after that since we kind of already had a break. We’ll resume shortly. Thank you.

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I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order today. What is the wish of the committee? Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River North, that Motion 13-17(5) be amended by deleting the sixth paragraph of the motion. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Along the same lines as Mr. Menicoche’s comments, in a small community there may be a teacher who is not working who does not have early childhood education credentials, but could potentially work in the Junior Kindergarten Program. I think it is restrictive to say that they must have those credentials. There could be other people who have… Working on a program on-line I know is available through the college. I think it is restrictive and I think it does create the possibility, as Mr. Miltenberger says, of being a detriment to those small communities who have the same...

Thank you. We will commence with that after a brief break.

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I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order this afternoon. I could read that list of documents, but I think I’ll just say there are numerous items before the committee today. I’d like to ask what is the wish of the committee. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Is committee agreed?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I hope I live to be 99 years old.

Within the next 30 days, the Northwest Territories takes on the responsibility for land and resource management. We have never had a better opportunity or a greater need to cut the amount of red tape related to doing business in the North.

Every year the Canadian Federation of Independent Business grades provinces and territories on their efforts to reduce red tape through political leadership, public measurement and constraints on regulators, legislative commitment, and progress on action to reduce regulatory burdens. The Northwest...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In follow-up to my Member’s statement today, I have questions. I am not sure who they should be directed to because I’m talking about something that probably doesn’t really even fall under the purview of any Minister. I’m talking about the idea of how we manage our public service in the Northwest Territories.

Our territory has very many remote and far-flung regions, and as we sit here in this House today, there are people, public servants out in the communities all through our territory that are performing the functions of delivering programs and services to our...

Thank you very much, Mr. Nadli. Next I have Mr. Moses.