Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, has any formal work been done to assess whether or not the current space does have enough capacity to accommodate ENR and ITI? It is quite apart from an inconvenience for anybody who wants to see an economic development officer, for example, having to go all the way out to Mile 5. Has there been any assessment done of those needs? There are also seasonal people who come in with ENR who also use that same location office. So I would like to know what formal work has been done to identify whether those offices at Mile 5 are adequate. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Minister responsible for Justice. Mr. Speaker, we don’t have enough police resources in our community. As I said in my Member’s statement, our numbers have diminished in the last 25 years -- we’re going backwards -- and yet the demands on our police resources have increased. The projected future looks like there will be more increase with resource development and a lot of other development on the horizon. So the demands are growing and the resources are diminishing. Hay River is the second largest community in the Northwest...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, for the benefit of those people who may be waiting to cross there, and for the information of the public and for their convenience, does the Minister have any projections as to when the ferry will be re-operating or the ice bridge will be ready to take traffic? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, on October 22nd, many, many Hay River residents gathered in the community hall to participate in a public meeting to discuss the loss of Constable Christopher Worden and the effect that this loss has had on our community. This meeting was organized by the Town of Hay River. Yesterday in the House I tabled the transcript of that meeting so that the comments and questions raised by Hay River residents would be acknowledged and on the public record.

Today I’d like to highlight some of the questions and concerns that the people of my community raised in the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Why isn’t the ferry at Fort Providence running today? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If the Minister has that information at her disposal, would she share with us the kind of inconsistency that we are actually talking about just to make the point? I think Hay River gets a contribution of about $25,000 a year, but I am not sure what Inuvik gets but I understand it’s substantially more. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the working of a consensus government is based on our credibility on this side of the House to ask questions and to receive accountable and transparent answers from the other side. That’s the whole basis of this debate in the House. I mean, Mr. Roland can split hairs about this, but he knows the intent of my question and some of my colleagues was to find out what had transpired and where our government sat in terms of commitment. My question is to the Premier. In retrospect, was the signing of the concession agreement not a very key piece of...

On October 19, 2007, when the 16th Assembly was sitting in this House and I was asking Mr. Roland questions as the Premier, did he know that the concession agreement had been signed with the Deh Cho Bridge Corporation? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, a matter has arisen so soon that will test our Premier’s leadership and his commitment to transparency and accountability. On October 19th, I stood in this House and asked questions about the extent of our government’s liability with respect to the Deh Cho Bridge project. During the life of the 15th Assembly, many questions and concerns were raised by Members on this side of the House regarding the bridge acquisition process. Our concerns, for the most part, were unanswered. On August 31st, the 15th Assembly was dissolved, leaving Ministers in place to...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to table a transcript of the proceedings of a public meeting to discuss the loss of Constable Christopher Worden held by the Town of Hay River on October 22nd containing many questions to the departments of this government regarding resources for Hay River. Thank you.