Norman Yakeleya

Thank you. Can the Minister then tell me whether the plans are for communities in the region in terms of the Chipsealing Program? I may have to get a little more specific in saying Fort Good Hope. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this month and last month, many parents down the Mackenzie Valley and the whole Northwest Territories and all the students in the schools had something to celebrate. A lot of these parents put their children through high school; blood, sweat and tears of these young students. I know; I put a couple through myself, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, these parents when they first put their little ones into kindergarten, you know how time flies. The number of hours, the number of times you talk to your children, get them to school, get dressed, comb your hair, you...

Just one more. I am looking more now at the protection of these park officers in the North here. This is more of a…I think he answered it under Ms. Lee’s comment, so I don’t think I will ask this question here.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was hoping the Minister would give the hook to the Minister here in terms of pulling into this initiative in terms of at least documenting the oral tradition of Sir John Franklin’s diary into a written document by the elders. So can the Minister, again, I would ask him, I would appreciate his response, if we would ask the Minister of MACA to look at some form of funding or any one of his departments in terms of documenting this important history here. It’s got to be told, and let’s do it; our government is willing to make a motion and to pass it; let’s walk our...

I’m looking forward to commitments from the tourism department. Why, Mr. Speaker, why can’t his department and his people go into Deline, talk to the elders and talk to them in terms of what the community wants to do? Why couldn’t he go in there, because it’s always up to the people? Something like this, you know, it’s going to take quite a lot of energy from a lot of good people just to put this thing on the map here. So the birthplace needs to be told and it needs to take the Minister from this department to go into Deline, talk to people, they have some wonderful ideas. So will the...

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. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Minister made reference to a tour this summer with several Members across the House and invited members from the public. I appreciate the support for this tour. In terms of involving people at the level of our elders in having some input into the design and implementation of the Canol heritage management plan, will the Minister commit to the House to involve the elders at that level? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is to the Minister of ITI, Mr. Brendan Bell. What plans are in place in terms of enhancing or increasing the Canol Heritage Trail park management plan or just the whole overall view of the heritage park that’s been scheduled for…(inaudible)…