Kevin A. Menicoche

I certainly support the cause of the ADK Band membership to submit their bills of $10,000. Is the Minister willing to review this particular request once again? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Earlier this year I was working with the Municipality of Fort Liard. Unfortunately, they had lost a member in the river and they had quite a few expenses for search and rescue. I understand it is under the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. We do have a fund to assist with search and rescues. I would like to ask the Minister to tell me a little bit about the program. Thank you very much.

Mr. Speaker, the Dehcho First Nations are looking for that kind of action by our government to stand behind them on this one particular issue. It is a win-win situation, because all the stakeholders are looking for this type of action by our government. What can the Premier do? What other actions can he take in order to get the federal government to change their Order-in-Council? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just want to follow up on my Member’s statement asking the honourable Premier and in his capacity as well as Aboriginal Affairs Minister. The Dehcho First Nations are really quite upset about the Order-in-Council by the federal government. I would like to ask at what stage was our government involved or notified of the decision to remove the subsurface rights aspect of the protection of the Edhezhie area, Mr. Speaker. Thank you very much.

Mr. Chairman, the Standing Committee on Government Operations presented its Report on the Review of the 2008-2009 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories to this House on Monday, November 1, 2010, and read into the record that it contains five recommendations. If there are any general comments from Members, we can hear them now; otherwise, I would propose to move the following.

I move that this committee recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories provides a formal, separate response to Speaking of Health: Official Languages as part of the quality health care in the Northwest Territories and that it also provides this response to the Languages Commissioner as soon as possible.

Mr. Chair, I move that this committee recommends that the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment provide periodic updates on the progress of the implementation of the Auditor General’s recommendations on education in the Northwest Territories through status reports to the Standing Committee on Social Programs. Thank you.

I move that this committee recommends that the Minister responsible for Official Languages provides support to the Aboriginal Languages Revitalization Board and the Official Languages Board or any future languages boards or committees in regard to their roles and responsibilities and in dealing with issues internal to the board, such as attendance and quorum.

I move that this committee recommends that the Department of Education, Culture and Employment reports on performance indicators supporting the major categories such as education council, ethnicity and gender, with a recognition that it may sometimes be necessary to aggregate data to protect the privacy of individual students.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. The Standing Committee on Government Operations presented its Report on the Review of the 2008-2009 Annual Report of the Languages Commissioner of the Northwest Territories to this House on Monday, November 1, 2010, and read it into the record. It contains five recommendations and if there are any general comments from Members, we can hear them now; otherwise, I would propose to move the following.