Norman Yakeleya

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to present a petition dealing with the matter of the abuse of alcohol in the community of Tulita. Mr. Speaker, the petition contains 40 signatures of Tulita residents. Mr. Speaker, the petition requests that amendments be made to the territorial legislation to better control the availability of sale and distribution of alcohol.

Thank you. I have a question for the Minister. Mr. Chair, the funding for conversion of the JBT Elementary School and Thebacha Campus for the fuel fire heat to interruptible hydroelectric heat, is that something that is going to be a model for other centres or just a one time for the community of Fort Smith? I just want to know if that’s going to be something that is going to be used in other regions in helping them with their hydroelectrical heat, I guess. Is it a pilot project?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I’d like to ask the Premier here in terms of the people in the Sahtu have signed on to this deal. I’ve spoken to the chairperson of the Sahtu Secretariat; they feel it’s a good deal. Mr. Speaker, I want to ask the Premier, what is he giving in terms of reassurance to our people who signed on to this deal that this is a good deal for us? Let’s not sit around and sit on our hands and criticize other leaders for going and signing on. This is a good deal for the people in the Sahtu and I stand strongly to this signature. What will the Premier do to help...

Madam Chair, I would like to ask the Minister…I have met with some of my constituents, specifically the people in Norman Wells. In terms of the airport studies and feasibility studies on the extension of the runway in some of the small communities in the North, I didn’t see any type of initiative here. Is this something that has already been undertaken in terms of the year 2010. That’s the deadline that NAV Can has given us in terms of complying with the regulations for airports. I want to ask that to the Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I certainly applaud the leadership of the Sahtu, the Gwich’in, the Inuvialuit and the Metis for taking a stand on this important issue that we’ve been talking about for so many years. So, Mr. Speaker, I want to ask the Premier, does the Premier have anything to report on the negotiations with the Tlicho and the Akaitcho? Thank you.

Thank you. Madam Chair, the capital infrastructure for community libraries is $50,000. Is that all the government can come up with for infrastructure for community libraries in the North here? Is this right across the Northwest Territories? Thanks.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure today to rise in the House to acknowledge a constituent of mine, Taylor Fraser, who has been accepted into the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario. The RMC is a prestigious Canadian institution similar to West Point in the United States, RMC Sandhurst in the United Kingdom. RMC is one of the most difficult universities in Canada to gain entry into. It’s a bilingual university and graduates are not only granted a degree, but also Queen’s Commission to third as an officer in the Canadian Armed Forces. This is...

Thank you, Madam Chair. One question I have for the Minister is the language services of the Northwest Territories. In terms of the request, is this type of funding to…I am going to make the presumption to strengthen our aboriginal languages more than what we are receiving right now. What is this funding for in terms of having these services in the North here? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, would the new youth centres be eligible to qualify for this funding? Thank you.

Thank you. I have driven Bob's Canyon Creek and I certainly appreciate the Minister looking at that area. I've driven, I've floated across Blackwater River. I certainly appreciate the Minister putting some work into that area, I applaud the Minister also. My question to the Minister on the Mackenzie winter roadwork is in terms of the realignment of some of the dangerous roads in our region. Again I'm going to point specifically to an area just outside of Deline where it's very windy, like a snake. Lots of work went in there in terms of an oil company going in there. Big loads, narrow...