Norman Yakeleya

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I’ve seen some e-mails from members of the community of Fort Good Hope and they’re indicating that the water flow is above the bridge or close to the bridge and they’re afraid that because of the next couple of days the weather is going to be warming up and they’re afraid there might be an overflow and the bridge will be unusable. Is there any indication from the Minister in terms of an emergency response plan in terms of the communities having access to the airport outside access to the winter road that goes out of town? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there’s a saying that London Bridge is falling down, London Bridge is falling down, but in the Sahtu, our Jackfish Creek Bridge is falling down. So I want to ask the Minister of Transportation, last spring in 2004 the Jackfish Creek Bridge was damaged and was unsafe to use. That closed the airport down for several days and caused an emergency in Fort Good Hope. Almost one year and the bridge still has not been worked on. I want to ask the Minister if he could advise me and the people in the Sahtu, especially those in Fort Good Hope, when this bridge is...

Just for clarification, when you say for participation for youths in schools, is this also for Aurora College and other institutions or just specifically for schools?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can the Minister provide to the House here in terms of a strategy and a date when this agreement of seeing actual movements of these mounds of contaminated sites along the Mackenzie Valley will be moved out to some location outside of the Northwest Territories? Thank you.

I understand there is some extra funding going to the Centre for Northern Families and also the Salvation Army for short-term needs for homeless individuals in the communities. Is that something that we are expecting every year? We certainly need that type of money in our communities. Is this the type of funding that is going to come up every year in the supps? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you, colleagues. Mr. Speaker, for $41 million we can surely build a decent outhouse for Colville Lake. At least they can enjoy one function in comfort and know that in this government we care. Mahsi.

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Thank you, Madam Chairperson. I appreciate the Minister’s answers. Does this open us up to any other types of workers in the Northwest Territories, in terms of this type of work that you are doing with the nurses in terms of compensation or re-evaluation? Are we open up to any other professional jobs, such as teachers or social workers that could also possibly look at a grievance process also? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chairperson. Can the Minister tell me if this situation, this case is closed once and for all or are there other cases that haven’t come forward for next year in terms of further increases to compensation regarding evaluation? Is that something we may expect? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chairperson. Looking through the supplementary there are a lot of numbers there for fuel increase in all the departments. I want to ask the Minister, are we to expect this next year? It seems like with these numbers, someone wasn’t paying attention to the pricing of fuel in the Territories and it seems like we got caught off guard. Is this going to be the same situation for next year? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The marshalling area, could you explain that to me because I understand that…Is this some kind of land development or land for Enterprise? Are they seeking land for some development? Thank you.