Norman Yakeleya

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That is unacceptable in this day and age; 13 communities without RCMP officers. Not acceptable today in the Northwest Territories. Can the Minister work really hard with this Cabinet to get extra dollars to put community safety officers, community justice peace officers, special constables? That's crazy to talk about not having any special constables in the Northwest Territories. That's what saved the lives of the RCMP officers and they say there's no more justification for it? That's crazy. I ask the Minister again, go to his Cabinet, ask for some real dollars...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I guess I am looking also for the truth in terms of recognizing Deline as the birthplace of ice hockey with this government. Get your team ready, Mr. Minister. Get your team ready so CBC can get the truth that Deline is the birthplace of ice hockey and to mention shame that they didn’t do it in their People’s History. We have to park the other issues, Mr. Minister. Give some promotion awareness again. What will he do in terms of working with his colleague Cabinet members to let CBC know and let the Territories know, let everybody know in Canada, the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to direct my questions to the Minister of Justice, the Honourable Brendan Bell, about the policing situations in the communities that do not have a police station there, don't have police officers, which they visit from time to time. I want to ask the Minister, can he give me a brief description or a brief update as to how many communities do not have a police officer in the community, how safe it is in those communities, what's the process of them reporting crimes -- you know, some of them may, may not -- and what type of services are they...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to recognize and congratulate Mr. Andy Short for being the new regional director in the Sahtu region. He is the man. Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The community of Deline, the people of Deline, have spoken to me and this is what they are saying. Maybe a little bit slow in terms of getting information over to the Minister’s office in terms of letter writing, but I want to ask for the commitment by this Minister and his team of players over there in Cabinet to make a commitment that there is an action plan being discussed maybe with the people in Deline in terms of recognizing Deline and to show all of Canada the birthplace of ice hockey belongs here in the Northwest Territories. It belongs to the northern people...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in my opening Member’s statement in terms of the original birthplace of ice hockey in Canada in Deline, I wanted to ask the Minister of sport in terms of what is his department or agencies he works with that can promote the birthplace of ice hockey in Deline and continue on with this campaign to try and get CBC to pull its head out of the sand and recognize Deline as the birthplace of ice hockey. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Premier:

Can the Premier provide the amount of royalties leaving the North and staying with the federal government, and our return from these resources in the last 10 years?

In terms of our financial fiscal imbalance, what does the North need to do to begin having our revenue from our resources managed by the North?

Will the GNWT provide an opportunity to discuss post-revenue sharing in the North? Who or when will the North sit down to discuss federal resources revenue management framework?

Can the Premier outline a strategic plan that...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, over the last couple of months, couple of weeks, I was very disappointed, in fact very angry, when I first saw the CBC Television People’s History - Hockey, and that the community of Deline and the people of the Northwest Territories were shunned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in terms of their lack of integrity, respect to mention the birthplace of ice hockey in the Northwest Territories by the community of Deline in the Sahtu region. It’s the first recording by Sir John Franklin that ice hockey was played in the Northwest Territories and Deline...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can the Minister inform me in the House, is there a good connecting program with the pilot project and the communities that these inmates are expected to return to in terms of an aftercare program in the jail if they have to go back? If they have to go back, are they going back to strengthen their families and children in terms of this pilot project? I think it’s one of the best projects that this government has started up in the last couple of years anyway. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased today to table the trip report on the Canol Heritage Trail Leadership Walk 2006.

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