Sandy Lee

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I don’t know if the Minister has information that he is not sharing with us, but I am operating under the assumption that the pipeline is going to go ahead. Regardless, the Minister has indicated that he is talking to the federal Minister. He has negotiations going. He is travelling to Calgary every month to look at his project. He has a consultant on this. He has spent so much money on a project, and he hasn’t given us…It is going to cost at least over $100 million. Where is the analysis, Mr. Speaker?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to ask questions on housing, as well. I think it is good that we are doing this today because housing was, bar none, the number one issue we heard about in our pre-budget consultation. When we are all aware of the housing crisis, it is really important that we spend every penny we have in the housing budget as much as possible. We find here now that the corporation is in a little bit of a crisis mode. It is going through a review of the mandate which we have not seen yet. It has had $30 million of its budget being...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don't have a whole lot of details to this case specifically, but it seems to be obvious to me that it is quite complex, and there are many sides to this story, with the emphasis being put on financial records and such. I listened, with a great deal of interest, to what the Premier said in his answer to my second question, and that was that he would look at all the day care programs and see how they are running. The fact of the matter is, even per diems are not given when a child doesn't show up; for example, even if you have to light the place and water the place...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is also about the impending closure of the day care in Fort Smith. Mr. Speaker, I realize that the Premier is not involved in the day-to-day management of the file, but I would appreciate it if the Premier would take this question. My question is, given the fact that there are so few days left -- this day care is up for closure within a week or so, within a couple of weeks -- it appears from listening to the answers that the Premier gave to the Member for Monfwi, that there are some documents or records that the government is looking for to...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize someone who has already been recognized, but in doing so, I may have to let out a personal secret, or whatever.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that we report progress.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I share the views of other Members in congratulating the RCMP for some of the major arrests that went down. The thing is that once the smoke from this clears, we still have to address the needs of those who are addicted to cocaine and drugs and that is an ongoing issue that we have to pay attention to. So my question is for the Minister of Health and Social Services. The people who are involved in dealing with those with drug addiction speak about the need for a spectrum of services that have to be available to those who need them. The spectrum speaks to...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, education of our children is right up there with the health of our citizens in terms of its importance in determining quality of life, and I believe that the constituents of Range Lake have every right to expect the very best out of this government. This is the best gift that life in the North has given to me, and I take my job of improving on this tradition very seriously, and I have to tell you that this Minister and this government is not doing a very good job in this regard.

Mr. Speaker, reducing the PTR and reducing special needs funding is not...

I’m not sure if that really got to the kind of detail I was looking for, but I’ll just…that’s okay. I can see it has to do with the utilities and general kind of costs that the municipalities probably want to recover. I think they should be able to do that. I know I have to depart a little bit from other Members who had a problem with this provision in that it really is up to the municipalities to set this up. The homeowners probably have a choice of paying these fees or losing their house. Anyway, I won’t go there.

Could I just ask the Minister about whether these provisions…We’re just simply...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just want to clarify that provision again. Could I ask legal information about why we have to…If somebody doesn’t give notice of an event or doesn’t give it to the right person, would that then mean that he or she would be deprived of a chance to launch an action later on? Is there that direct correlation? Thank you.