Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Roland.

Agreed. There are some zero’s missing on there. Education, Culture and Employment, special warrants, not previously authorized, $2.5 million. Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to obviously speak in favour of this motion. Mr. Speaker, as was indicated earlier in our deliberations today, we know that once again the leader of our government, Premier Joe Handley, will be going to Ottawa again with the message from this territory and from our government and northern governments that the time is now to act with respect to resource revenue sharing. Time is of the essence. I don’t want to spend a lot of time reiterating the good comments of my colleagues here in the House today, but everyone knows that the resources of the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to deal with the motion that I gave notice of earlier today. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, again referring to the positive signals that the Premier refers to, the referencing of the Throne speech, the appointment of our federal MP as the Minister of Northern Development, the appointment of Anne McLellan as the chair of a special committee of parliamentarians on the pipeline, when the Premier goes to Ottawa this time, would he endeavour to have a commitment from people like Anne McLellan, our MP and other people who sit on that committee, to come to the Northwest Territories? I know it’s a signal he speaks of, but we have literally not met with or...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to hear that the Premier still feels encouraged by the signals that we receive from Ottawa. I think the Premier is well aware of the fact that I don’t feel as encouraged and I don’t feel as confident and I need to see some concrete evidence of their support for our agenda.

On the subject of leadership again, Mr. Speaker, I don’t want to see us lose anything by default. Again, a Member today referred to the divide-and-conquer approach. When the Premier goes to Ottawa I think very clearly, from today and from other communications, he will know the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was going to recognize the folks who are visiting with us here in the Northwest Territories from the CPAC channel that are interviewing a number of Members and northerners to put together a documentary about us. Thank you and good luck.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I want to talk about the real and lasting benefits that need to be realized from resource development in the Northwest Territories.

Everyone knows that economic activity associated with a project of the magnitude of the Mackenzie gas pipeline is enormous. It would be the envy of any jurisdiction to experience the contracts, the jobs and the boom of such a development. Mr. Speaker, we, as northern leaders, representing the interests of our constituents, cannot be nearsighted. We cannot succumb to the temptation to support development that in the short...

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. The motion is in order, it's not debatable. All those in favour of the motion? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

I will now rise and report progress.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today was a good day in the Legislative Assembly in that I believe we, as elected Members, sit on committees and sit through briefings and at conferences all the time on the subject of the Mackenzie gas pipeline, and quite often we begin to assume that everyone in the public has access to the same kind of information and the same kind of debate that we do. So I think we accomplished something good here today in the fact that we have provided a strong message for our Premier and our Deputy Premier as they go off to Ottawa. As the Premier said, people will be...