Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. What kind of a priority, Mr. Speaker, would the Minister put on accessibility for clients and the public accessing offices related to Industry, Tourism and Investment? As to the issue of office space, I think the Mackenzie Valley pipeline office is located in a downtown location on a floor basically all by themselves. Also the representative from whoever sends agriculture interests in Hay River for ITI is located in the same spot, so you already have a fair presence with the Mackenzie Valley pipeline office and the agriculture officer in the downtown core. I think...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. When you look across the country, Mr. Speaker, it’s not unprecedented for a jurisdiction to have its own police force. We were about to spend a million dollars as a government on the safer communities and neighbourhoods legislation, which was a level of enforcement as well. There were problems; it didn’t go through, but I would like to see some resources committed to the home-grown development, training and teaching through the college of a territorial police force. I’d like to know how soon we could expect a reaction from the government on that. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the Minister of ITI. The ITI and ENR used to be one department. They have been separated now, ENR and ITI. In some communities, the office has remained co-located. I am certainly aware of the Shared Services Agreement between those two departments, but in Hay River we have a logistical issue I think with ENR offices and ITI offices currently located at about Mile 5, quite a ways from the downtown core and all of the other services in town. I can see renewable resource officers in ENR being out along the river there in that...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to recognize a constituent of mine, Mrs. Gladys Bloomstrand, who has had a long association with Metis politics of the Northwest Territories.

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Is this a common occurrence at this time of year, Mr. Speaker, or is this low water something that is unusual? I was wondering how the Minister is planning to raise the water level in the Mackenzie River. Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have some questions for the Minister of Transportation. Could the Minister please share with us the status of the ferry crossing at Fort Providence today? Thank you.

Thank you. To the issue of the liability of this government with respect to the Deh Cho Bridge project, is the Premier, and was the Premier, aware that the signing of that agreement would necessarily take the level of commitment of this government and the liability of this government to a new stage? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I said in my Member’s statement today, I have some concerns about the line of questioning and the, I suppose, answer to the questions that I asked here in this House on October 19th. Now, being very careful to draw the distinction, I’m not asking the Premier to go back to the decisions or the actions of the 15th Assembly. But in this House on October 19, when the 16th Assembly was in action, when he was the Premier of this government and I sought questions as to the current status of the Deh Cho Bridge project and specifically asked about the extent...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Frame Lake, that Minister’s Statement 1-16(1) be moved into Committee of the Whole for consideration. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move that we report progress.