Norman Yakeleya

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my written question is to the Minister of Health and Social Services. In light of the recent opinions that drug and alcohol is the main issue for the potential pipeline development in the North, can the Minister provide the following answers for the Sahtu region:

What is the average cost to have a client participate in an alcohol and drug treatment program in Hay River?

How many clients in the past year, 2003-2004, have participated and completed the alcohol and drug treatment program in the North?

How many clients were referred to southern treatment...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I’d like to ask the Minister of RWED if he would commit to talking to our northern trappers, aboriginal trappers, and to look at a game plan because this agreement is only for one year. I have trappers now who are going out on the land, and maybe they need to sit down with our trappers and really look at the significance of the closure of this facility that’s in Vegreville and to let the trappers know the extent or the impact of such a closure if we are not successful next year in renewing that agreement with the federal government. Thank you, Mr...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question today is to address the trappers’ process facility that was announced sometime this last summer. My question is to the Minister of RWED. In light of the announcement of the trappers’ facility, what has the Minister done to help the trappers of the Northwest Territories in light of the announcement by the federal department? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I thank the Minister. Would the Minister commit to a time frame that we could work with the other regions in the Mackenzie Valley? I’m going to be asking this on behalf of the Sahtu, that we could come together and look at the possibility of looking at a mobile treatment program that they could foresee sometime in the Sahtu region in light of the potential of the Mackenzie Valley pipeline coming down. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in my Member’s statement earlier today I spoke about the issue of drug and alcohol treatment in the region. There are a number of unacceptable shortcomings in the way that addictions treatment is currently being carried out in the Sahtu; for example, the delay of allocating space for the community wellness workers in Deline and Fort Good Hope. My question to the Minister of Health and Social Services today is will the Minister of Health and Social Services provide this House and the Assembly with an update of the space allocation of community wellness...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is the chair’s comments on Bill 12, An Act to Amend the Education Act. The Standing Committee on Social Programs conducted its public review of Bill 12, An Act to Amend the Education Act, on October 12, 2004. The committee would like to thank the Sahtu Divisional Education Council for its written submission, and the Minister and his staff for presenting the bill. The bill will amend the Education Act and make consequential amendments to the Public Service Act to provide that superintendents are not members of the public service.

The Sahtu Divisional Education...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just one question with regard to this. Not knowing much about it, does this have any impact on any other municipalities down the Mackenzie Valley or in the Sahtu region? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to ask the Minister, in terms of the explanation on the Norman Wells Natural Gas Distribution System Act and why it is unnecessary. Can I get an explanation?

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I congratulate the Minister for working really hard on our behalf and on behalf of the trappers. I would like to ask the Minister, would he inform or advise his workers in the regions on things like this that we need to do and, most importantly, to inform the trappers that are going out into the region because if this industry dies that’s a crucial part of history dying with it. I guess I would ask the Minister would he look at this issue and have the trappers have a place in this department’s vision and goals in terms of a long-term goal of this government...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister tell the House how serious this announcement is by the federal government in terms of closing the trappers' research facility in Vegreville to the northern trappers here in the Northwest Territories? I’m not too sure what kind of information went out to our trappers to know the seriousness of the closure of this facility and what impact it will have on our people in the Northwest Territories, especially the trappers. Thank you.