Wendy Bisaro

Mr. Chairman, thanks to the Minister for that. It is good to hear that it is going to be considered. I hope that doesn’t fall off the table, because it is entirely possible we will discover sites long after we have signed a devolution agreement.

My last question has to do with security. We have recently amended the Commissioner’s Land Act to require security for developments. Can the Minister comment on the likelihood in the future that we will have a development without asking for that kind of security and without asking a company to put up security for cleanup costs at the end of the life of...

Mr. Chairman, if there is a development on Commissioner’s land, is the deputy minister saying that it is now a GNWT responsibility to clean it up either pre or post devolution? Thank you.

Thanks to the Minister. I guess my question then is should there be a formal request to this government for funding? Would the Minister consider it as seriously as possible within the parameters of our current fiscal situation? I guess I’m asking will there be some financial support for this project at some point in time if the City puts forward an ask? Thank you.

Thanks, Mr. Chair, and thanks to both the Minister and the DM for the information. I guess I just would like to know with this reduction in funding specific to the land use framework, does that simply mean that this department is not putting quite as much into the land use framework and the other departments are taking over, or is this going to mean... I thought I heard that we’re nearing the end of this project. So is that another reason why there is a reduction in funds? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Thursday, February 24, 2011, I will move the following motion: I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that, notwithstanding Rule 4, when this House adjourns on Thursday, February 24, 2011, it shall be adjourned until Monday, February 28, 2011;

And further, that any time prior to February 28, 2011, if the Speaker is satisfied, after consultation with the Executive Council and the Members of the Legislative Assembly, that the public interest requires that the House should meet at an earlier time during the adjournment, the Speaker may...

I guess the Minister and the department feel that the only way they can do a review is if they put people on a one-year leash. I’d like to know from the Minister why the department couldn’t do the review of their budget and keep multi-year agreements as NGOs like the NWT Seniors’ Society had in the last year or so. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are addressed to the Minister of Health and Social Services. I’d like to follow up on some of the information that I presented in my statement.

I referred to the current situation that NGOs have now been taken back to one-year agreements with the government as opposed to multi-year agreements. I expressed my displeasure with that, I think. I’d like to ask the Minister why we have penalized our NGO partners and reverted to one-year agreements. Thank you.

Thanks, Mr. Aumond. I am not pointing fingers here at all. I am trying to understand the situation, please. I am not meaning to be offensive, if I am. I guess I would like to know what steps need to be followed. What process does exist that needs to be followed? If, for instance, there were to be a sale within the block land transfer for the City of Yellowknife and the City was not agreeable, would the community that “has the block land transfer” have veto power? Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, thanks to the deputy minister for that. My other question has to do with a newspaper article that I saw a little while ago. It had to do with the selling of a parcel of land to the Norman Wells Land Corporation. I’m curious as to the process. My understanding is that at least some of this land, if not all of it, was within the block land transfer for the Town of Norman Wells. I was curious as to how the government could basically sell land out from underneath the nose of the Town, so to speak. Could I get an explanation as to what kind of a process applies, if it is conceivable...

That’s all I have. Mr. Aumond answered my next question.