Norman Yakeleya

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, would the two Ministers look at supporting the Aurora College in terms of promoting a position to support community-based research on social and cultural areas during the International Polar Year? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my Member’s statement talked about the recognition of International Polar Year about the number of researchers and research institutes that are going to come to the Northwest Territories. I want to ask the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment in regards to the International Polar Year how can the North benefit from the number of scientists coming here? More so, how can the community-based projects be strengthened and supported by these types of projects? Can the Minister please explain to me how can this be so as there’s none right now, I...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have some concerns brought to me by my constituents. Almost all the research taking place in our region is coming from outside institutions in the Northwest Territories, specifically my region. Communities are not being brought into the research that involves them, that serves their own needs. It always serves the institution needs or the organization needs. Yet they receive numerous research proposals from institutions based on the outside, Mr. Speaker.

The reason that the community wants to be involved is that they can learn too, so they can strengthen...

Mr. Speaker, I have an amendment to the Motion 2 -15(6).

I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Frame Lake, that Motion 2-15(6) be amended by striking out the date “March 15, 2007,” and replacing it with “March 14, 2007.”

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to seek unanimous consent to deal with Motion 2-15(6), which I gave notice of yesterday.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My written question is to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment.

In 2003, the Aurora Research Institute convened a workshop on social and cultural issues in the Northwest Territories. Participants included representatives from all the regions in the Northwest Territories, including both governments and community groups. Some southern Canadian-based researchers who had experience in the social and cultural research in the NWT were invited, as were members of the three Canadian research funding agencies. The research addressed the following questions: How does...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that this committee recommends that the government provide a comprehensive response to this report within 120 days. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in this situation here, because we are at the 11th hour of this agreement, it’s the only treatment centre in the Northwest Territories that shut down for a lot of issues that came from alcohol, and our communities are suffering terribly. I wonder if the Minister or GNWT would consider bringing the facilities or the parties, workers, into the public service so we have some security for our people. You have to think about the people in the community and the clients. Would the Minister consider bringing these workers into the public service? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my Member’s statement also talked about Nats’ejee K’eh and the issue over there. I would like to ask the Minister of Health and Social Services, at what point did the GNWT become aware that the parties where they were without an agreement? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I was home for the weekend and I was talking to some of the people in my community. I ran into a young little girl in Northern Store and I waved to her so she’ll know it’s me waving to her. Said she sees me on TV and all the other Members and she was quite happy. When I was home and had a constituent meeting with some of the people from Deline and people from Tulita and they were talking about the Nats’ejee K’eh healing, alcohol and drug treatment centre and what was going on with the centre being closed and what was happening. People didn’t quite...