Robert Hawkins

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I want to highlight some of the successes the RCMP are having in their efforts to curb the supply of illegal drugs coming north into our communities. It should be no surprise to anyone that all Northerners have come to see the members of our RCMP as significant pillars of our communities.

Now, outside of the world-class symbol of service policing and community involvement that we all know very well, much of their work is largely done behind the scenes and gone unnoticed like a well-oiled machine.

This, in my view, is a clear testament to the high degree of quality...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

WHEREAS Northwest Territories seniors have participated in the Canada 55-plus Games since 1998;

AND WHEREAS more than 100 Northwest Territories seniors from a variety of NWT communities have expressed an interest in participating in the Canada 55-plus Games in Brockville, Ontario, in August 2010;

AND WHEREAS the Government of the Northwest Territories has previously contributed towards the costs of the Northwest Territories seniors’ participation in these events;

AND WHEREAS assisting seniors in keeping active and engaged in healthy activities is entirely consistent with...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Monday, November 9, 2009, I will move the following motion: now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nahendeh, that this Legislative Assembly strongly recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories contribute $50,000 to support Northwest Territories seniors’ participation in the Canada 55-plus Games in August 2010; and further, that the government consider providing funding through the Northwest Territories Sport and Recreation Council to ensure the ongoing participation of the Northwest Territories seniors at future...

Mr. Speaker, I will respectfully disagree. What is exactly the ruling on getting enhanced 911 services that cause or force the mobility companies to put cell phone services in our communities? Thank you.

May I thank the Minister for moving right into my next question ever so perfectly. He talks about priority. Mr. Speaker, the priority is that when this initiative first was born, MACA was one of the leaders in this initiative. When he talks about some people backed away, Mr. Speaker, that’s because people are tired of waiting for the initiative to come together. It’s really only focussed on the fact that it’s a funding issue with a couple of these communities that have backed away and that is 27 out of 33 communities that support this. Speaking of numbers, seven of the 33 communities represent...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move that this committee recommends the Government of the Northwest Territories enhance its policies and guidelines on the use of portable electronic devices and the access and privacy issues that arise through the use of such devices.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I move that committee reports progress. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. First, I would like to acknowledge the hard and passionate work provided by my colleague Ms. Bisaro. She shares many of my concerns on this particular issue and she has raised them quite eloquently today. Mr. Speaker, the problem about following a very eloquent speaker is they tend to take all the good stuff. It is very tough following them without trying to repeat exactly what they said.

Mr. Speaker, some of the highlights that I would like to point out, that she didn’t touch on, is the fact that this is one of the most reasonable things we can do to help continue to...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move that this committee recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories provide a formal response to “Speaking to Health, Official Languages as Part of Quality Health Care in the Northwest Territories” within 120 days.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Of course, I don’t expect the Premier to know exactly what is in the Indian and Northern Affairs Minister’s mind or the agenda, but I do hope there are certain communications that go on that help to allude this.

Mr. Speaker, as I said in my Member’s statement today, recession is a great time to deal with things that people kind of put on the backburner, and streamlining the regulatory process is a great time to say why don’t we address these things now because we don’t have a lot going on. It’s a great time focus in, in a fair way, to balance industry’s needs and wants and environmental...