Norman Yakeleya

Thank you, Madam Chair. I have no issue with better training for front-line workers, better resources but I am having somewhat of a difficult time having another conference telling us this is what we have to do. It’s been an issue in our communities for a long, long time. Front-line workers know the issue of family violence and they know they work with different coalitions such as the Family Violence Working Committee. This money has been spent to bring in 120 workers from different areas of the Northwest Territories to look at training, look at different areas they can work on to reduce...

Thank you. Madam Chair, the question I have for the Minister, Madam Chair, is the survey on family violence is $75,000. Madam Chair, there are a number of surveys, a number of reports, a number of recommendations and I want to ask the Minister, Madam Chair, in terms of expenditures on this to tell us that we have an issue, tell us that there are action plans already being discussed and recommended. I would like to get more clarification on this survey of $75,000 to tell people in the Northwest Territories that we have an issue and we have problems with family violence. I am trying to figure...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this motion comes from many community visits in my region and also other community visits in the Northwest Territories through our committee work, through our invitations to go to different communities and different visits. However, Mr. Speaker, this motion had been a while in terms of coming together and drafting.

Mr. Speaker, we really need to look at the issue, that we have some sense of ownership and that’s the Territorial Power Subsidy Program that we could at least do something for our people in the small communities. Rates of diesel in communities...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I, too, want to thank Mrs. Groenewegen for bringing forward this motion and also Mr. Rideout, who is also here in the House.

Mr. Speaker, some time ago an incident happened up in Inuvik that saw that this type of procedure didn’t happen within the residential school system. In a span of 20 years we had different people in our system that were hurting a lot of boys, and the communities weren’t aware of what was happening. You talk about betrayal of trust; you know it’s in the community. These men today are in the community and they are working on their...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, again I would ask if the Minister would work closely with the Sahtu health board in terms of seeing some of these conditions being met in some of the communities who do not have these air conditioners. It is a basic service for health centres. You can go ahead with the bridge. Certainly, we can go ahead with putting air conditioners in some of our communities. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, to shape the Minister’s response to this issue, some of these areas are similar to other communities that do not have RCMP in their communities. They don’t have air conditioners in some of these small health centres. In terms of this simple situation here to be resolved for people in the small communities, this is fixable. It is reasonable. It is also doable. It is a crying shame that, in this day and age, these health centres do not have air conditioners, Mr. Speaker. What does the Minister plan to do to improve the situation like this in the health...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there is no doubt that the Deline team will win the Franklin Cup in London, England. Does the Minister think that Ottawa will win the Stanley Cup?

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as the Minister of ITI is aware, I have been working hard with other Members, especially with the community of Deline in the Sahtu, in terms of having Deline being recognized as the birthplace of ice hockey in Canada. I wanted to ask the Minister of ITI what type of exposure is he working on in terms of getting this recognition as a significant historical event in Canada, especially for ice hockey? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I make comments to the Minister’s opening presentation. Also, I have specific questions to some specific departments that the funding is spoken for in terms of what their plans are for. Madam Chair, the remarks would be similar to my colleague Mr. Lafferty, in terms of ensuring that the small communities are looked after in terms of standards of services and programs. I know this government and past governments have struggled with how we balance in terms of having larger centres versus some communities, as Mr. Lafferty alluded to in terms of the RCMP...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I think the residents of Norman Wells would sure appreciate hearing from this government that some support may be considered. Mr. Speaker, the question I would ask to Mr. Premier regarding Imperial dropping the bomb on the town of Norman Wells in terms of this decision, we had a deal with Imperial Oil and I say we, the Norman Wells preliminary agreement that was settled. What type of assurance do we have when we sign on with Imperial for future development such as the pipeline? What type of assurance will we have that this won’t be done and our children...