Norman Yakeleya

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Frame Lake, that notwithstanding Rule 4, when this House adjourns on May 17, 2007, it shall be adjourned until Wednesday, August 15, 2007;

AND FURTHER that any time prior to August 15, 2007, if the Speaker is satisfied, after consultation with the Executive Council and Members of the Legislative Assembly, that the public interest requires that the House should meet at an earlier time during the adjournment, the Speaker may give notice and thereupon the House shall meet at the time stated in such notice and shall transact its...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I see a lot of work being done on the Highways No. 4, No. 8 and No. 1 reconstruction and paving. Huge numbers there. I don't see No. 5 there. So, Mr. Chairman, these highways in terms of reconstruction, what can the Minister tell me about the huge amounts of money that's going into reconstruction and paving? I see nothing in our region in terms of realignment of our winter roads and realignment of some of the danger spots there. There's lots of money in reconstruction and paving on these highways, so maybe I could ask the Minister to get a little more specific in...

Mr. Chair, the one question I have is for the support that is going to help the operating costs for youth centres. I would like to ask the Minister in terms of what type of support that is going to be. How it is going to be dealt with, the 33 communities and some of the communities that have already existing youth centres and some non-government agencies that really got involved and did a lot of good fundraising? Some communities are small in terms of their level of funding, like Colville Lake or Tulita in those regions. I want to ask the Minister, are there different levels, requirements...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm still surprised to see the project for Grandfather Ayah School in terms of the upgrades is $40,000 and it's been there for…Can I ask the Minister in terms of what this $40,000 for the upgrades in Ayah School?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I, too, am in full support of this motion here. I thank the Members for bringing this forward and having the opportunity to discuss it. I want to thank Mr. McLeod for bringing some perspective in terms of his discussion.

Mr. Speaker, I wanted to congratulate and honour the leaders in the Northwest Territories, especially the Members in the Legislative Assembly who have done some work on themselves to stay away from alcohol and who have worked very hard to see, for at least myself, what life is like and opening your eyes every morning and seeing the beauty...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. For the amount that we are spending, the pilot project that is going to be, is this going to be used in other areas in terms of the conversion? I want to ask the Minister that, Mr. Chair.

My question is for the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs.

Can the Minister provide me with a list of meetings his department has had with the federal government, Imperial Oil and other GNWT departments regarding the imminent gas supply shortage in Norman Wells? Please include the dates of these meetings and a synopsis of the discussions.

Can the Minister outline avenues his department has identified on how the residents of Norman Wells can be compensated for the conversion of household appliances including the feasibility of wind and solar power conversions?

Can the Minister...

Just a comment on Ms. Lee’s previous discussion and her comments. Madam Chair, the Take a Kid Trapping Program, does the department work with other agencies to enhance it, to include that certain part of a child’s education is included? This is a real good program. This is the life of a child here. This is the one that will work good in our communities, in terms of education here. It has so many opportunities and we are contributing $125,000 to the whole Northwest Territories. We went to different regions in the North. We know it’s not very much. I haven’t seen anything yet from the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, you know, as the Northwest Territories our regional government bodies have worked hard to support each other and to get the best deal they can for that time, of that time, within their region. I want to ask the Premier, did Chief Norwegian indicate any type of indication as to what type of terms that he would be willing to look at to make it acceptable for him to sign on to the resource revenue sharing and devolution agreement? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I have seen some of the libraries in our communities and I know some of the people who work hard and they are certainly pushing people to volunteer or support their community’s libraries. We have initiatives such as literacy programs and to support our children and certainly have money there for our community libraries, and $50,000 for a community is something I am hoping the Minister would look at improving or increasing in terms of really putting the meat to the bones in terms of literacy programs.

Some communities have really nice community libraries and some are in...