Norman Yakeleya

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The on-the-land programs, specifically the Tl'oondih program, is that on a continuous basis? Are we doing it once a year or is it every six weeks? Is this a special pilot project not like the ones around this area where there are wilderness camps for inmates? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I want to ask the Minister, there’s quite a considerable amount of justice dollars being invested into Yellowknife on some of the notes here. The young offenders facility, the adult facility and now the new courthouse facility. It’s adding up quite a bit, Mr. Chairman. I want to ask if the department is going to look at putting some of those kinds of dollars in future years to the communities and regions. Compared to what’s going into Yellowknife here with regard to those facilities and what you show us you have for the communities is peanuts. I want to...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, then I guess I’m wondering why this government is in the same boat as the federal government in terms of even though we administer the UCEP program, we’re following the same policy. So we are also discriminating against the Metis people in the Northwest Territories. We’re in the same boat, I guess. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Last question to the Minister in terms of going back to Colville Lake and the school there, they have no running water. They’re on the honey bucket system. What happens there? I’m asking the Minister for clarification in changing that honey bucket system to a regular washroom like any other school that has the proper washroom facilities. I don’t think part of the education curriculum is taking out the honey bucket and changing that. I want to ask what is the department or government doing to help these little kids over in Colville Lake. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it’s a crying shame in this day and age that the…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I imagine there are many requests from all the departments in terms of infrastructure in the communities. I’m surprised that the community of Colville Lake is not somewhere in here in terms of complex office building. Their facility is a log cabin where there is limited space. It’s very busy in Colville Lake. There’s one central building for all the government functions. There are two outhouses that they use. Very cold in the wintertime, Mr. Chairman. I’ve experienced it myself. A lot of bugs in the summer.

I guess I’m wondering, in terms of priorities, in...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to continue my questions with the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment on the policy from the federal government. I’m not too sure what I’m hearing. What I’d like to know is, the eligibility for Metis funding, taking the federal government to task on the discrimination in terms of funding Metis people who want to improve their educational ability to enter into university or college. The federal government has a discrimination policy on aboriginal people. I want to know from the Minister what he is specifically trying to do to have the...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. For a new office building, what does it go through in an assessment process, in terms of a community getting an office complex or office buildings to house their community governments in? I want to ask the Minister that, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, what is the Minister doing in terms of getting the University and College Entrance Program funding that would include the Métis to fit in these criteria in terms of applying for that funding? What are the conditions that we need to hear on this side to get people to be eligible for this funding, especially the Métis who are looking for some type of support for that? Thank you.

Thank you. I would appreciate something that the Minister can give me to write or communicate somehow to me so I can take it back to the communities that I represent. Mahsi.