Norman Yakeleya

Thank you, colleagues. Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Thursday, June 8, 2006, I will move the following motion: I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Frame Lake, that notwithstanding Rule 4, when this House adjourns on Thursday, June 8, 2006, it shall be adjourned until Tuesday, October 17, 2006; and further, anytime prior to October 17, 2006, if the Speaker is satisfied and after consultation with the Executive Council and Members of the Legislative Assembly, that the public interest require that this House should meet at an earlier time during the adjournment, the Speaker may...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, will the Department of Education and Culture review the public housing rental subsidy initiative next year or so, within the next six months, and see was it a good thing, was it not so bad or is it a good move on our department, or are we serving our people or are we hurting our people? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister then inform the House and the people in Fort Good Hope that some time within the next couple days, I guess, that’s what they’re looking for in terms of having them come in. There are some people that are crying foul here in terms of how this program is being administered. The rent increases have increased in their homes and families are prepared, they’re packing their bags and ready to move out. So can the Minister go in there as soon as possible and explain to the people on this new change in the housing subsidy? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I also want to recognize these amazing CHRs that were just honoured today this afternoon. I would like to give special recognition to an amazing woman from Deline. I think Sandy already read out the good things that the woman can do, so I want to recognize Ms. Betty Tsetso who has graduated from Deline.

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Also to support Betty in her achievement and the backbone of the family I think is her husband Joe Tsetso. Joe is up there.

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Their son is also there and Laura’s sister, all from Deline. Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the Minister, in some discussion around here, has stated clearly that it's time to make a decision, and for whatever reason that decision wasn't made four years ago, we can't really say. So today we have to think about what the people in Fort Simpson or for that Deh Cho Hall want to do. There are a number of people in that facility that's going to be impacted or affected for the next couple years. I think to do the proper thing, there was some good suggestions around the House here in terms of I guess we could have laid back and said, well, we could...

Mr. Chairman, thank you. I appreciate what the Minister is saying. These are comments just on behalf of the region. So he’s got my full support in terms of this issue here. So 110 percent from me.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, Minister Brendan Bell made a statement today about tourism. I’d like to ask, I don’t know if it’s either him or it’s the Minister of MACA, in terms of the Northwest Territories tourism initiative. The birthplace of ice hockey in Canada in the Northwest Territories is at stake here. So I want to ask the Minister of Tourism if his department or staff could look at any type of initiative to support this claim here in the North here. Would the Minister provide me with some direction in terms of what can his department do to fully support the community of...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Chipsealing Program in Fort Good Hope is the issue of the chipsealing and dust control in our communities. Does the government provide enough funding in the formula to do adequate dust control in our communities? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of MACA on the Chipsealing Program. Could the Minister of MACA tell me if the plans for the Chipsealing Program in the Sahtu region is still as per schedule? We had some discussion last year on this issue. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just two questions. I was thinking about this bill here. Mr. Chairman, the Minister indicated about the safety and enjoyment. I guess we have come to this point in the Territories where we have to enforce the safety and enjoyment because people in our parks don’t respect the communities or the municipalities or the park that they are supposed to enjoy. Now we have parks officers who now have to get tough on them and adhere to the rules in our parks here.

I have two questions. The first question is in terms of the training for the protection of the parks and the park...