Michael Nadli

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Money is set aside for this year’s capital plan for a new fire lookout tower in Enterprise. The tower will replace an existing tower located in an isolated part of the Cameron Hills, 73 kilometres from Kakisa.

Like other fire lookout towers, the Cameron tower is staffed from mid-May to mid-August by a contract employee from Hay River. It is used for fire detection and it is also part of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ communication system. However, the tower has limited visibility over Hay River and the Cameron Hills Plateau. It can only be serviced by...

Thank you, Madam Chair. The Standing Committee on Government Operations has presented its Report on the Review of the 2012-2013 Public Accounts.

The public review took place on January 24, 2014. The committee’s report includes 10 recommendations. The standing committee thanks Assistant Auditor General Terry DeJong and his staff at the office of the Auditor General of Canada for their generous assistance in this review.

The committee also thanks the NWT comptroller general, Warren St. Germaine, and his staff for their assistance in the appearance before the committee during the public review.

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It is? Okay. …take the necessary steps to ensure widespread access to automated external defibrillators or AEDS…

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Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Monday, March 10, 2014, I will move the following motion: now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Weledeh, that this Legislative Assembly strongly recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories take the steps necessary to ensure widespread access to… Sorry, I have the wrong motion, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister had indicated an effort to market some of the wonderful tourism and parks that we have in the NWT. I wanted to get an indication of when we can expect an effort to market similarly to try to promote the Deh Cho Bridge. Are there any plans for that? Mahsi.

I like the idea of trying to build up on the positive. What is being done to enhance tourism in the Deh Cho, including Twin Falls Gorge Territorial Park in 2014, this upcoming season? Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Alexandra Falls was recently named one of the top three waterfalls in western Canada by Ehcanada.com Travel and Adventure. This on-line travel magazine and blog selects its annual Travelers’ Choice Award winners based on the number of travelers who visit the waterfalls and contribute to the blog.

Ehcanada.com gets over two billion contributors per year and they gave Alexander Falls and Twin Falls Gorge Territorial Park rave reviews. Tripdavisor.com also gave the park a five star rating.

Mr. Speaker, Twin Falls Gorge is what we call a destination park, and with good reason...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I have another motion. I move that the Government of the Northwest Territories provide a comprehensive response to this report within 120 days. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I have a motion too. I move that the Government of the Northwest Territories continue to provide updated timetables or schedules for the environmental assessment of all known potentially contaminated sites for which the government is responsible, to be included annually in the public accounts. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s a great honour to stand up in support of this motion. I’d like to thank the initiators of this motion, the mover and the seconder. I think in this day and age it’s vital and integral that we have a sense of confidence in terms of residents of our communities especially the vulnerable sectors of our population, the elders and the youth, that need to feel safe and that they’re okay to live at home independently, and at the same time, for kids to play out in the streets and ensure that there is a measure of safety that they can rely upon. At the same time, if there is...