Daniel McNeely

Thank you, Ms. Green. To the motion.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I look forward to working with the Minister on a proposed schedule of dates and the individuals. Will the Minister commit to doing that, as well, so we can take advantage of the end of the school after graduation month in June, so that the message could come from the Yellowknife head office to the smaller communities? Thank you.

My next question is: is the Minister willing to make herself and staff available to, in the absence of this framework material, have engagements in Sahtu communities?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am very encouraged by the Minister's statement earlier, the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, which leads me to a limited number of questions later on. However, Mr. Speaker, we are approaching June, graduation month. I am grateful to see that our Sahtu region is supporting approximately 35 graduating students in our communities, from the three Aurora campuses and institutions outside the NWT. This is very encouraging. However, there still remains a lack of post-secondary transitional supports.

Mr. Speaker, transitioning and planning are critical elements...

All those opposed, please rise.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, that Bill 55, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 1, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thanks for that reply. As mentioned earlier, if the Minister's party will include the Minister and staff, if the Minister is taken out of that party there, will the department heads look at travelling dates to the Sahtu communities to pass this message on? I see nothing about renewed vision, as I mentioned earlier, and getting that communication out to the communities is the gap that we need to fill in excelling the aspirations and good feeling of our students. When will the Minister make her staff available?

Bill 29 is now ready for third reading as amended and reprinted. Does committee agree that this concludes our consideration of Bill 29?

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Abstentions?

---Carried

Clause 17, as amended.

Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Committee Report 1618(3), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on Bill 29, an Act to Amend the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act; Bill 29, an Act to Amend the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act; and Bill 35, Supply Chain Management Professional Designation Act; and would like to report progress, and that Committee Report 1618(3), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on Bill 29, an Act to Amend the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, concluded with three motions...