Debates of Feb. 25th, 2015

This is page numbers 5807 – 5846

of the Hansard for the 17th Assembly, 5th Session. The original version can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website or by contacting the Legislative Assembly Library.

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Topics

Oral Questions

Members Present

Prayer

National Round Table On Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women And Girls

Capital Asset Retrofit Fund Program Update

National Pink Shirt Day

Minister Absent From The House

Anti-Bullying Legislation

Member's Statement Elder Abuse

Member's Statement National Pink Shirt Day

Member's Statement Fire Management Plans

RCMP Aboriginal Pre-Cadet Training Program

Devolution Legislation Communication Process

Support For Victims Of Bullying

Anti-Bullying

Hay River Polar Pond Hockey Tournament

Tribute To Barb Bromley

Condolences On The Passing Of Constituents Tobie Antoine Marlowe And Vanessa Marlowe

Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery

Sahtu Winter Roads Maintenance

Deh Cho Bridge Project Review

Firesmart Awareness Program

Dredging Of The Hay River

Public Review Of Devolution Legislation

Questions 702-17(5): Community Constable Program

Public Safety Notification Policies

Elder Abuse

Sahtu Winter Roads Maintenance

Fire Suppression Crews

Questions 707-17(5): Public Safety Notification Policies

Questions 708-17(5): Whistleblower Legislation

Bill 37: Financial Administration Act

Motion To Extend Review Period For Bill 37

Tabled Document 204-17(5): Two Articles Referencing Elder Abuse

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters

Report of Committee of the Whole

Bill 43:

An Act To Amend The Borrowing Authorization Act

Recorded Vote

Assent To Bills

Orders of the Day

Members Present

Hon. Glen Abernethy , Hon. Tom Beaulieu , Ms. Bisaro , Mr. Blake , Mr. Bouchard , Mr. Bromley , Mr. Dolynny , Mrs. Groenewegen , Mr. Hawkins , Hon. Jackie Jacobson , Hon. Bob McLeod , Hon. Robert McLeod , Mr. Menicoche , Hon. Michael Miltenberger , Mr. Moses , Mr. Nadli , Hon. David Ramsay , Mr. Yakeleya

The House met at 1:30 p.m.

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Prayer

Prayer

The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Good afternoon, colleagues. Before we start today, I’d just like to send a message to my family in my home community of Tuktoyaktuk. Yesterday was a very sad day in our home with the passing of two well-respected elders. My condolences go out to Adam Emaghok and his family with the passing of his wife, Annie. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this time.

With the passing of Anna Cockney, to all her family, our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time. I always say when we lose loved ones in our communities, it hurts us all. We work together and pull together to get things done for the families because of what they are going through at this time. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all at this time from this Assembly. May God bless you all and I look forward to seeing you.

Item 2, Ministers’ statements. Honourable Premier .

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Minister's Statement 161-17(5): National Round Table On Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women And Girls

Minister’s Statements

Bob McLeod

Yellowknife South

Mr. Speaker, on Friday, February 27th, provincial and territorial Premiers and Ministers, federal Ministers and national Aboriginal organization leaders will gather in Ottawa to discuss how best to collaborate and coordinate action to prevent and address violence against Indigenous women and girls.

The National Round Table on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls is an unprecedented gathering of partners from across Canada who collectively agree that concrete and identifiable actions are needed.

We know from national research and reports that indigenous women and girls are three times more likely to experience violence than any other population in Canada. We also know that good work is being done across many jurisdictions and organizations at the local, regional and national

level to change this. But, as of right now, no comprehensive or coordinated action plan exists.

The goal of the round table is to create a dialogue among all partners to develop and act upon coordinated solutions to end violence against indigenous women and girls. The discussion will focus on prevention and awareness, community safety, and policing measures and justice responses.

Careful consideration has been given to how the round table will recognize and include the views of the families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The national Aboriginal organizations will be hosting a family gathering on February 26th. From that gathering, families in attendance will nominate four witnesses, representing the four directions, to attend the round table to share the vision of the families and provide their reflection on the discussion from the day.

Mr. Speaker, I have been asked by the national Aboriginal organizations to serve as the official chair for the round table. I am encouraged by the willingness of all levels of government to collectively engage in respectful and meaningful dialogue, set aside political differences and focus on our common goals. We have all acknowledged that work needs to be done to address the far too common tragedies of murdered and missing indigenous women and girls.

A family member of a missing Northwest Territories indigenous woman will be part of the delegation. My Cabinet colleague, the Honourable David Ramsay , Minister of Justice , will also be joining me to share the perspectives of the Northwest Territories with the rest of Canada.

The round table is the first meeting of its kind and the start of an important national conversation. I look forward to a shared national commitment to increased, ongoing collaboration and the development of regionally and community-based solutions to prevent and address violence against indigenous women and girls. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Minister's Statement 161-17(5): National Round Table On Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women And Girls

Minister’s Statements

The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Minister of Public Works and Services , Mr. Beaulieu .

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Minister's Statement 162-17(5): Capital Asset Retrofit Fund Program Update

Minister’s Statements

Tu Nedhe

Tom Beaulieu

Minister of Public Works and Services

Mr. Speaker, as our government continues to work towards achieving its goal of an environmentally sustainable and prosperous Northwest Territories, I would like to highlight one of the ways that the Department of Public Works and Services is helping to ensure that we maximize investments to improve the operational performance of our existing infrastructure.

First established in 2007, the Capital Asset Retrofit Fund (CARF) Program was created to target energy efficiency investments in our public buildings. At its core, the program strives to:

• reduce energy consumption and operational costs of government facilities;

• improve overall comfort for building users;

• reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with the operation of our public buildings;

• increase the usable life of government assets; and

• identify new energy technologies appropriate for our northern environment.

Through the CARF Program, buildings undergo a rigorous energy audit that includes benchmarking a facility to see how its energy usage compares to other similar buildings.

Once baseline energy data is collected, Department of Public Works and Services determines which buildings will most benefit from an energy retrofit under the CARF Program. In the last four years the department has completed over 30 retrofits ranging in size from $10,000 to over $1 million in 19 different communities, large and small. These energy retrofit projects not only reduce our energy consumption but create much needed business and employment opportunities in our small communities

Looking forward, the department has 19 energy projects planned for 2015-2016 in various communities. This includes retrofit projects for the health centre in Fort Good Hope, Aurora College in Inuvik and schools in Deline, Fort McPherson and Fort Smith.

Mr. Speaker, this government’s investment in energy retrofits not only improves the performance and comfort of our public buildings but also generates net operational savings that we expect will make the CARF Program self-sufficient in future.

The first step in making the CARF Program self-sustaining was achieved in 2010-2011 by re-profiling $645,000 in ongoing operational funding from the department-managed utilities savings to capital infrastructure expenditure funding.

In addition to the savings achieved in 2010-2011, an additional $832,000 in ongoing operational savings was realized between 2012 and 2013 for a total of $1.47 million annually, which has been redirected to permanently fund the CARF Program. By the end of 2014-2015, the department is projecting the total annual realized savings to reach $1.72 million.

The CARF is meeting program objectives by reducing our energy consumption and lowering the operational costs for government buildings and facilities. Projects include biomass boiler installations, building envelope upgrades, installation of LED lighting and replacing building components with more energy-efficient and responsive systems.

Mr. Speaker, programs like the CARF provides our government with creative ways to maximize infrastructure investments while achieving high standards for energy efficiency which reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The results of our government’s continued investment in the CARF Program will be published in the Department of Public Works and Services 2014-15 Energy Conservation Projects Annual Report later this spring. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Minister's Statement 162-17(5): Capital Asset Retrofit Fund Program Update

Minister’s Statements

The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu . Item 3, Members’ statements. The honourable Member for Hay River South , Mrs. Groenewegen .

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National Pink Shirt Day

Members’ Statements

Jane Groenewegen

Hay River South

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I join my colleagues in recognizing Pink Shirt Day. We’re taking a stand against bullying by wearing pink today.

Pink Shirt Day had unlikely beginnings. It started with a spontaneous protest in 2007 following a bullying incident in a Nova Scotia high school. A ninth grade male student had been bullied for wearing a pink shirt, and in a gesture of solidarity, two older boys bought 50 pink shirts and gave them away to fellow students. To the organizers’ surprise, the protest made national headlines. Shortly afterward, provincial Premiers began to designate Pink Shirt Day as an official day against bullying.

Bullying describes a number of acts of aggression: swearing or shouting, punching or shoving, spreading rumours, engaging in nasty practical jokes or invading someone’s privacy. The effects of bullying are devastating and can last a lifetime. In extreme cases, even suicide can result.

The 2010 Minister’s Forum on Aboriginal Student Achievement and, more recently, the National Health Survey on School-Aged Children told us that students and families in the Northwest Territories are severely affected by bullying.

But there is good news, Mr. Speaker. Bullying is being taken seriously across the country and in our jurisdiction as well. Anti-bullying activities are in full swing, in part because of anti-bullying legislation that this Assembly passed in 2013. The Department of Education, Culture and Employment has launched a campaign to convey one clear message: bullying is never acceptable. Students in schools are pledging to stand up and stop bullying and also compete for prizes by creating videos, photos and art.

It will take a collective effort to stop bullying and we are on the road to change, but we’re not there yet. So I am joining my colleagues in calling on every single person in the Northwest Territories to stand up against bullying. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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National Pink Shirt Day

Members’ Statements

The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen . Item 2, Ministers’ statements. Honourable Premier , Mr. McLeod.

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Minister's Statement 163-17(5): Minister Absent From The House

Ministers’ Statements (Reversion)

Bob McLeod

Yellowknife South

Mr. Speaker, I wish to advise Members that the Honourable Jackson Lafferty will be absent from the House today due to illness. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Minister's Statement 163-17(5): Minister Absent From The House

Ministers’ Statements (Reversion)

The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Item 3, Members’ statements. The honourable Member for Range Lake , Mr. Dolynny .

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Anti-Bullying Legislation

Members’ Statements (Reversion)

Daryl Dolynny

Range Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I too would like to rise here in support of anti-bullying day. In preparing for this day, I did find myself reflecting on the work of this Assembly and asking, did we actually put a dent in bullying? Before I respond to this question, I did find myself going full circle in trying to grasp leadership on this subject.

I, like many in this room, voted in the fall of 2013 suggesting changes to Bill 12 , which is the legislation,

An Act to Amend the Education Act, thus making our schools safer by instilling a stronger Safe Schools Policy.

I live in the real world, so until such time that all children understand the hidden perils on the Internet, we will never combat bullying. Until such time as Internet trolls continue to hide in the shadows unpunished, we will never combat bullying. Until such time so-called “avatar armchair critics” continue to feel first amendment rights give them the freedom to twist our cornerstone of democracy, we’ll never combat bullying.

I said I’d respond to my earlier question, have we put a dent in bullying? Like I said earlier, I have gone full circle on this subject. I am proud of what we accomplish in this Assembly, but fear we have fallen short of really guaranteeing a bully-free environment many had set out to do at the beginning.

Legislation cannot work in isolation. It requires awareness, which I think we have done and will continue to do.

However, until we have the power to enforce what is right, to punish those who inflict wrong, and to turn misuse of power into fear and remorse, we will fail on this delivery. All we can do now is wait until the right legislative trade winds draft a better Criminal Code of Canada that catches up with the reality of ever-changing technology and its misuse. And this, Mr. Speaker, may never happen. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Anti-Bullying Legislation

Members’ Statements (Reversion)

The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny . Member for Inuvik Boot Lake , Mr. Moses .

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Member's Statement Elder Abuse

Members’ Statements (Reversion)

Alfred Moses

Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Last week, as Members know, I attended a celebration for Elizabeth Greenland who had her 95th birthday. It dawned on me at the event, when I looked around the Ingamo Hall and saw all the elders who were in attendance and the long-term care facility staff that brought all the elders from the hospital to celebrate in these celebrations – and many of them participated in the dancing and the feast – they had looks of joy on their faces, happiness, and they looked alive.

As we stand up here today on Pink Shirt Day, what dawned on me on that day was it was great to have a lot of the elders there, but we were still missing a few. We were missing some that might have been caused from death, but what I want to talk about today is the abuse and the neglect that our people have committed on some of our seniors in the small communities.

I’ve brought it up before, Mr. Speaker. These can be of all natures: financial, verbal, physical, psychological. They can do things to elders that make the elder feel guilty, when we should be celebrating their life and their existence. Because our elders are the keepers of traditional knowledge, culture and language and, just as important, they have the history, stories of a past that we don’t have, and this is an opportunity for us to celebrate that, to talk to them, to engage them, to help them live that life longer and more independently.

So, last week when I was at the celebrations, I was glad to see all the elders that were there. A really good suggestion or remarks that were given to me by another elder is, they said, “Listen to your elders because they don’t have much time left on this earth,” and to listen to the elders because they have the stories to tell, they have the information that they want to give you so you can carry it on and pass it on to your children or to other people in the Northwest Territories and to the school and education systems.

Today I just want to talk about our senior population, and I want to encourage anybody who sees any of this type of abuse on their elders in the communities, speak up, talk to the authorities, talk to people that can help, whether it’s a social worker or a teacher or some type of other authority and make sure that it’s addressed now. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Member's Statement Elder Abuse

Members’ Statements (Reversion)

The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny . Member for Mackenzie Delta , Mr. Blake .

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Member's Statement National Pink Shirt Day

Members’ Statements (Reversion)

Frederick Blake Jr.

Mackenzie Delta

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to thank all those who are working together to battle bullying, to the parents, the teachers, the volunteers and the students, also the RCMP and leaders throughout Canada.

The issue of bullying has come to light for a few years, but in many cases bullying has been going on for many years. As we work together, eventually we will put a stop to bullying. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Blake . Member for Nahendeh , Mr. Menicoche .

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Member's Statement Fire Management Plans

Members’ Statements (Reversion)

Kevin A. Menicoche

Nahendeh

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. This year’s potential fire season is of great interest to all residents of the NWT. Minister Miltenberger was quoted on February 9th in the Northern Journal that the 2015 forest fire season is likely to pick up where the last, considered worst in the NWT’s history, left off. This is a dire warning, and residents would like our Department of ENR to be prepared, and residents and community should be prepared as well.

In Nahendeh, while we were somewhat spared in 2014, we did have a fire cross a river at Jean Marie River that was very scary. Fortunately, the winds helped and it turned out positive.

Nahendeh region has great stands of mature forests and the residents are expressing great concern about what is to come. The Minister further states, “Unless we get a lot of snow in the rest of winter and then a lot of rain, the drought codes are going to start the year as bad as they ended last summer, which does not bode well for the type of fire season we may encounter.” This in particular reference of what our scientists are calling our third year of drought in the Northwest Territories.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has been hosting open houses across our territory over the last two months as an opportunity to learn more about the wildlife fire management in the Northwest Territories and talk about the 2014 wildland fire season. I am pleased that the department undertook these community consultations. It was a great job by the staff who were there and answered questions of concern that the public had.

How are we going to prepare for the 2015 fire season? Well, they should consider and listen to what is being heard from the public. I attended and heard that we should fight fires early. This can save us at a later date. A good case in point is that there was a fire some 50 miles away from Kakisa in early spring that was not actioned, and for good reason based on swamps and risk levels by the Department of ENR. Yet, because the swamps dried up later during mid-summer, the fire later became a real threat. Through the actions of ENR and God willing, the village was saved with little or no damage.

Having initial attack exercises on early fires, no matter where they are, may seem costly at first but the benefits are many. It can used for training and testing aircraft and other equipment.

I’ll have questions for the Minister during question period. Thank you very much.

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Member's Statement Fire Management Plans

Members’ Statements (Reversion)

The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche . Member for Deh Cho , Mr. Nadli .

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RCMP Aboriginal Pre-Cadet Training Program

Members’ Statements (Reversion)

Michael Nadli

Deh Cho

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The crime rate in the Northwest Territories is eight times higher than the national average. The rate of violent crime in our jurisdiction is the second highest in the country. That’s not all, Mr. Speaker. Bullying, belittling and name calling are commonplace in our communities.

The situation is compounded by a familiar list of social factors: alcoholism and drug abuse, poverty, low educational attainment and the multigenerational effects of residential schools.

I believe life in our small communities would really improve if we had more homegrown police officers. We should be on the lookout for bright and responsible young people who want to serve in law enforcement. The RCMP has a new program called the Aboriginal Pre-Cadet Training Program. It’s part of the RCMP’s national strategy to recruit Aboriginal people who are interested in law enforcement. Students take a three-week training course focused on collaborative problem solving, law enforcement techniques, cultural diversity and physical fitness.

After that they are posted for eight weeks at the RCMP detachments in or near their home communities. For many of these young people the program is a life-altering experience.

Aside from ensuring that young people participate in the RCMP’s Aboriginal Pre-Cadet Training Program, the Department of Justice could develop its own version of this program. What I have in mind are community-based policing opportunities for young people, mentored not only by experienced police officers but also by caring and strong community elders.

To tackle the culture of crime and bullying in the NWT, we need to be thinking outside the box. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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RCMP Aboriginal Pre-Cadet Training Program

Members’ Statements (Reversion)

The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Nadli . Member for Weledeh , Mr. Bromley .

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Devolution Legislation Communication Process

Members’ Statements (Reversion)

Bob Bromley

Weledeh

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Last March the government adopted sweeping devolution legislation without one iota of public review. Members of this House insisted that a meaningful process for public input be put in place. The process now in place is pitiful. The outreach to citizenry on the seven substantive acts is limited to a few newspaper ads inviting people to go to the government website and fight their way through menus to get to a place that they purportedly can leave comments and ask questions.

Then what happens? Constituents report that the response time to questions posted to the site is glacial. A message sent on November 28th asking two questions was ignored until a resident sent a follow-up message on January 9th. Promised an answer within three business days, 10 days later she was still waiting and contacted the office again. Finally, two months after initially posing her questions she received a reply. Hardly responsive.

Another resident had questions but, after composing them and trying to post them, was disappointed to see that they had not been posted. They simply disappeared. After a second attempt with the same results, she gave up in disgust. Again, hardly user friendly.

In response to questions in the House regarding the failure of this approach, the Premier said, “Perhaps in view of the lack of response, we could extend the process and start another communications process to acquaint people to the legislation.”

Devolve and evolve, the Premier has said, I couldn’t agree more. What would responsible consultation on such comprehensive land and resource legislation entail? I would suggest committee involvement, discussion papers, public meetings, an interactive process to actually engage and debate the merits of the law and where changes are warranted would be a minimum effort. Putting the onus on the public to consult a murky and underperforming website is hardly the hallmark of an open and transparent government. Where are the public meetings to discuss these comprehensive and complex new laws? Where is the much touted claim to make it made-in-the-North legislation?

In these critical areas of policy and law, our government is not only not listening but it seems completely disinterested. I ask what will this Premier do to put in place a meaningful consultation process in the eight months left in our term.

Mr. Premier , tick tock, tick tock. We are running out of time. We either go on record as failing our people and our claims of transparencies and inclusion once again or we get it done. What will it be?

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Devolution Legislation Communication Process

Members’ Statements (Reversion)

The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Bromley . The Member for Yellowknife Centre , Mr. Hawkins .

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Support For Victims Of Bullying

Members’ Statements (Reversion)

Robert Hawkins

Yellowknife Centre

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As you’ve already heard, it’s Pink Shirt Day. We should be all yelling this and bellowing it in the highest of our trumpet voices and saying we need to help join in the fight to help eliminate bullying, all types of bullying, any type of bullying. It’s often a struggle carried alone, as we all know, but it should never be that way. Today many of us wear pink shirts or pink apparel to show our support for this cause.

Today is February 25th, just another day on the calendar for many. But there are others out there. Today is just another day in a long nightmare where they’re struggling with a bully. Bullying affects all our lives. Bullying affects people’s life outlook. It affects their friends. It affects their families. It affects their hopes and certainly affects their dreams. Imagine being one of those bullied, feeling alone, feeling as if the world doesn’t like you, that you’re not worth anything.

But it should never be that way. Everyone can help stop the bullying. Let us not fool ourselves though. It is a struggle to stand up to a bully. That’s why we must do it together and not let people feel alone. That is why we need everyone’s help.

We’ve often heard that there are four main types of bullying, but it doesn’t end there. We’ve heard about verbal bullying, social bullying, physical bullying and certainly cyberbullying. Watching someone being called names or hearing sarcasm or teasing or spreading rumors is terrible. Making one feel inferior about their cultures, their ethnicity, their race, or their religion is terrible. The power is within all of us to help support that person who is getting bullied.

Often bullies don’t know that they are the problem, and that’s why we need to do our work much, much harder. We must redouble our efforts, as they say, and we must find meaningful ways to help those who are being bullied and help to encourage those who are doing it to not do it anymore.

Be the voice of change. Be the friend to someone who has no friend. Let us not let this day go by as just February 25th, another day on the calendar. Let it sink in within all of us and realize that someone out there is being bullied right now, feels alone and has no friend. As I said earlier, let’s be the voice of change. Let’s be the friend when someone has no one.

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Support For Victims Of Bullying

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The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins . The Member for Sahtu , Mr. Yakeleya .

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Anti-Bullying

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Norman Yakeleya

Sahtu

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I didn’t want to talk too long so I just wrote three lines in my Member’s statement here.

---Laughter

Thank you, gracious colleagues.

This being anti-bullying day, I say to those who are bullying, “Quit it, and have a Snickers bar because it’s not you.”

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Anti-Bullying

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Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya . The Member for Hay River North , Mr. Bouchard .

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Hay River Polar Pond Hockey Tournament

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Robert Bouchard

Hay River North

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise, too, with my nice pink shirt, but I will talk today about the spring and the effects of spring coming up.

The days are getting longer. The weather is still not getting better, but in Hay River in the next week they’re starting to work on the ponds and we’re going to have our next Pond Hockey Tournament.

The Pond Hockey Tournament this year is March 20th to the 22nd and those teams that want to sign up, please sign up now. You only need four people to be a team and you can come out on the Hay River rinks and skate your heart away. We’re promising that there’s going to be warmer weather towards the end of March and we’re looking forward to the events. Thank you.

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Hay River Polar Pond Hockey Tournament

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Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Bouchard . The Member for Frame Lake , Ms. Bisaro .

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Tribute To Barb Bromley

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Wendy Bisaro

Frame Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s my honour to rise today to recognize and pay tribute to a Yellowknife pioneer, a true Northerner in spirit and action. Barb Bromley passed away on February 15th here in Yellowknife. She’s been described as a pillar of the community, and our community is leaning due to the loss of that pillar.

As we’ve heard, Mrs. Bromley came north in 1948 and never left. Her life’s work was nursing, and as Yellowknife developed and grew, she advanced public health nursing services in Yellowknife and beyond. She was instrumental in starting the NWT Registered Nurses’ Association and in establishing “well baby” clinics, Meals on Wheels program and immunization clinics.

Barb Bromley was also well known as an advocate and an activist. She was perhaps best known for her work in later years to advance care for seniors in Yellowknife. Aven Manor is the result of her work, and that one seniors home has grown into a community for seniors, providing many levels of care and housing for Yellowknife and NWT seniors.

Because of her personal commitment to meaningful engagement and her friendship with thousands of individuals, Barb Bromley has been described as someone who loved people, who loved working on teams and who loved to help people out. She was recognized for this work with the Commissioner’s Award for Public Service in 1981 and the Order of Canada in 2001 for exceptional volunteerism.

The first bed and breakfast in Yellowknife that started in 1984 was Barb’s Bed and Breakfast. Mrs. Bromley remained in touch with many of the people who stayed at her B and B. She was a people person and she was also a family person, the matriarch at the centre of a large family.

Several rituals emerged over the years. Saturday morning buns at mom/grandma/great-grandma’s house and the August long weekend at Victory Lake were two of those family and neighbourhood events. The Bromley Christmas cookie exchange party is a well-known Yellowknife social event that’s been running since 1954, something I’ve had the pleasure of attending for a number of years.

Barb Bromley was a huge part of the history and the fabric of the Yellowknife community and she will be sorely missed. As her son Bob has said, “She was a giant in every respect, except in her physical stature.”

A service will be held for Mrs. Bromley this Saturday, February 28th, 2:00 p.m. at Sir John Franklin School. This will be a chance to celebrate the amazing life of a warm-hearted, successful, positive and genuinely good person. Thank you.

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Tribute To Barb Bromley

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Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro . The Member for Tu Nedhe , Mr. Beaulieu .

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Condolences On The Passing Of Constituents Tobie Antoine Marlowe And Vanessa Marlowe

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Tom Beaulieu

Tu Nedhe

Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Today I would like to send my deepest condolences to the family and friends of the late Tobie Antoine Marlowe and the late Vanessa “Dzee Dzee” Marie Marlowe. Tobie and Vanessa were both raised in Lutselk’e and lived together for over 17 years and both tragically passed away in the home community of Lutselk’e on Tuesday, February 10, 2015.

The late Tobie Antoine Marlowe was born December 10, 1978, and passed away at the age of 36. Tobie was adopted by the late Pierre and the late Helen Marlowe. He was the youngest of two brothers and two sisters. Tobie was raised in and always lived in his hometown of Lutselk’e. Tobie was affectionately called sets’i bebecho – my big baby – by his dad, Pierre, up until his last days. Tobie was fondly called “my baby brother” by sister Evelyn. Tobie was a member of the Canadian Rangers since 1999 and dedicated 18 years of service. He was employed as a caribou monitor for the Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation wildlife department at the time of his passing.

The late Tobie Marlowe was well known for his joking nature, and loved being out on the land fishing, hunting and trapping, his love and respect for his family and friends, and always made special efforts to attend family functions and events and, above all, always made an effort to provide traditional food for the elders.

Tobie was predeceased by his parents, Pierre and Helen Marlowe, and brothers Ernie and Charlie. Tobie is survived by his son, Riley Tobie Marlowe; his brother Sonny; sisters Evelyn and Mary Carr; biological mother, Terri Enzoe; biological father, Joseph Catholique; half-brothers, Kyle and Andrew Enzoe; and half-sister, Monique; and many nieces and nephews.

The late Vanessa Marlowe was born March 31, 1982, and passed away at the age of 32. Vanessa has always lived in her hometown of Lutselk’e. Vanessa was well known always for being full of laughter. She was forthright. She was very protective of her family. She volunteered with the girls’ group, visited everyone in the community, and she was known for remembering everyone’s phone number, and she loved completing puzzles. She had a stack of completed puzzles upon her passing.

Vanessa was a stay-at-home mother and enjoyed being there for her son and family. Vanessa is survived by her son, Riley Marlowe; parents George and Celine Marlowe; five sisters, Elizabeth Boucher, Eileen Marlowe, Agatha Laboucan, Bernice Marlowe and Amanda Marlowe; her brother, Darren Marlowe; and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.

Mr. Speaker, my sincerest condolences go out to Tobie and Vanessa’s 12-year-old-son, Riley Marlowe, to Vanessa’s parents, brothers, sisters, niece and nephews, aunts, uncles and many friends; and to Tobie’s brother, sisters, biological parents, nieces and nephews, aunts and uncles and also many friends, and to all of the people in Lutselk’e. This has been so difficult for everyone.

Tobie and Vanessa “Dzee Dzee” Marlowe will be sadly missed by all those who knew them. Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker.

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Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu . Item 4, returns to oral questions. Item 5, recognition of visitors in the gallery, Mr. Abernethy .

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Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery

Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery

Glen Abernethy

Great Slave

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Pages are an integral part of the operation of this Chamber and we’ve been blessed to have Pages from all over the Northwest Territories come and work with us. I really do appreciate all the work that all the Pages have done and I’d like to thank all the Pages that we’ve had over the years and the Pages that we’ll have in the future.

In particular, I’d like to recognize a number of Pages who happen to live in the Great Slave riding who have been with us here since last Monday and are going to be with us here until March 12th, and those individuals are Shiri MacPherson, Chad Martin, Elizabeth Thomas and Anne Thomas. Thank you so much for joining us and thank you for all you do. Thank you.

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Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery

Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery

The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy . I’d like to welcome everybody here in the public gallery. Thank you for taking an interest in our proceedings.

Item 6, acknowledgements. Item 7, oral questions. Member for Sahtu , Mr. Yakeleya .

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Question 697-17(5): Sahtu Winter Roads Maintenance

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Norman Yakeleya

Sahtu

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This being anti-bullying day, I thought I’d try to twist my questions into questions to the Minister of Transportation in the Sahtu. Our roads are rough, rough and rough. We have 1,444 kilometres of winter roads. That’s leading from Wrigley to Fort Good Hope, Colville Lake and to Deline.

I want to ask the Minister, given his recent awareness of our winter roads, especially from Norman Wells to Fort Good Hope, and the annual hand game tournament this weekend in Fort Good Hope, what is the Minister doing to fix the potholes, to fix washboard alley? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Question 697-17(5): Sahtu Winter Roads Maintenance

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Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya . Minister of Transportation , Mr. Beaulieu .

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Question 697-17(5): Sahtu Winter Roads Maintenance

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Tom Beaulieu

Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was fortunate to read the letter that was written by one of the members from the Sahtu, indicating how bad the road was and so on. We had not anticipated that the roads were that bad. We thought they would be improving.

When the Member and I drove on it, it was very early and it was rough, but the department considered that it would be improving. We recognize that we do need more money to continue to improve the winter road and that we need more money for watering and more grading cycles to be able to smooth out that road.

At this time we have a contract in place and the contractor is fulfilling their obligation. However, sometimes when we have a particularly rough winter road, it’s difficult for the contractor to keep the road as smooth as we’d like it. Thank you.

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Question 697-17(5): Sahtu Winter Roads Maintenance

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Norman Yakeleya

Sahtu

For example, from Norman Wells to Fort Good Hope is 147 kilometres. It is taking people four and a half to five hours to drive that

section at 20 kilometres an hour. Compare that to other highways in the Northwest Territories, it’s ludicrous. You would not stand for it.

What is the Minister doing to either increase the maintenance or start the Arctic paving program and putting water on our roads so that our vehicles do not rattle apart and are not held by duct tape to get on the Sahtu winter roads?

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Question 697-17(5): Sahtu Winter Roads Maintenance

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Tom Beaulieu

Tu Nedhe

Each year as we do the winter roads in all the areas, as we do in Sahtu, we have winter road teams. After the indication from the Member that the roads were particularly rough going into Fort Good Hope, we’ve deployed a winter road team. They’re looking at the worst spots, and we’re going to put some water on the worst spots and we’re going to grade it. Thank you.

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Question 697-17(5): Sahtu Winter Roads Maintenance

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Norman Yakeleya

Sahtu

Mr. Speaker, for the Minister’s information, there are a lot of “worst spots” on the winter road. We also have people who are servicing the Sahtu. We have a fuel company from Hay River, Bassett Petroleum, starting to haul fuel into the Sahtu. Their operators have given a list of situations on the winter road.

From the observations of Bassett Petroleum who have been on the winter road because they’re doing the fuel haul to Deline and the other communities, is the Minister taking their comments to heart to look at areas that they’ve indicated that need some tender loving care?

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Question 697-17(5): Sahtu Winter Roads Maintenance

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Tom Beaulieu

Tu Nedhe

As the Member knows, we’re very approachable; the department is approachable. When we get information from Members, we do try to attend to the areas that are in the worst condition. We know that we don’t have the money to improve every

section of that road to what the members of Sahtu would like to see; however, we’re addressing the worst areas.

As I indicated, we’re approachable and we do want to fix the roads to the best of our ability with the money that we have. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Question 697-17(5): Sahtu Winter Roads Maintenance

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The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu . Final, short supplementary, Mr. Yakeleya .

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Question 697-17(5): Sahtu Winter Roads Maintenance

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Norman Yakeleya

Sahtu

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Our winter roads can only last for three months and then they close down. I want to ask the Minister, given his assessment and the questions that we’ve been exchanging today and looking at this on a going-forward basis, can the Minister commit that next year we can have some type of pre-meeting with all the communities, contractors and operators and look at our winter roads and have a thorough discussion? We are still dealing with these issues from the past and it doesn’t seem to be getting any better, especially now that we don’t have additional funding from industry to put on our winter roads.

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Question 697-17(5): Sahtu Winter Roads Maintenance

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Tom Beaulieu

Tu Nedhe

I will commit to having preconstruction meetings once the contractors for the winter road are selected next year in the Sahtu.

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Question 697-17(5): Sahtu Winter Roads Maintenance

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The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu . The Member for Frame Lake , Ms. Bisaro .

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Question 698-17(5): Deh Cho Bridge Project Review

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Wendy Bisaro

Frame Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have some questions today for the Minister of Transportation . About a year ago I asked the Minister of Transportation some questions and they were based on a commitment from the previous Minister of Transportation , a commitment he made in December of 2011, and I need to ask those questions again. The questions are around the review or analysis or a comprehensive review of the Deh Cho Bridge.

My first question to the Minister is: What is the status of the review, the analysis, the comprehensive investigation of the bridge project?

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Question 698-17(5): Deh Cho Bridge Project Review

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Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro . The Minister of Transportation , Mr. Beaulieu .

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Question 698-17(5): Deh Cho Bridge Project Review

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Tom Beaulieu

Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There are a few deficiencies on the Deh Cho Bridge that we are continuing to repair. We believe that the bridge is very, very close to addressing all the deficiencies, although we will probably continue to always do a little bit of work on the bridge. After that, my understanding is that there was a commitment to do a retrospective analysis of how the construction of the bridge went. At this point we are looking at the possibility of doing that.

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Question 698-17(5): Deh Cho Bridge Project Review

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Wendy Bisaro

Frame Lake

Thanks to the Minister for his comments. It was on February 13, 2014, when I asked the Minister whether or not the work on the bridge was completed, and his answer: “There is no further outstanding work to complete the bridge.” I’m a little surprised to hear that now there are deficiencies and we can’t start this analysis, this investigation, one that was supposed to be completed almost two years ago now.

To the Minister: He says now we have deficiencies and maybe then we’re going to start this retrospective analysis. When can we expect results from this analysis?

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Question 698-17(5): Deh Cho Bridge Project Review

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Tom Beaulieu

Tu Nedhe

I’m just looking at what is currently happening on the bridge. There are a few things that have to be completed on the bridge and that’s from the original contract still today. After that, we are going to look at the analysis, a retrospective analysis that was committed in the House by the Minister of Transportation, and we will seriously look at that commitment.

As soon as the work is completed, which should be any time now, I will talk to the department and we will see about looking at starting the retrospective analysis.

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Question 698-17(5): Deh Cho Bridge Project Review

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Wendy Bisaro

Frame Lake

Thanks to the Minister. This has been a very, very long time coming. We are four years now, well, not quite four years, but we’re three and a half years anyway from when the commitment was made. This was supposed to be completed in 2013. We’re now in 2015.

I’d like to know from the Minister why has it taken so long for this to get started, because I gather it hasn’t even yet started.

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Question 698-17(5): Deh Cho Bridge Project Review

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Tom Beaulieu

Tu Nedhe

One of the things that I have been discussing with the department has been the value of a retrospective analysis and determining whether or not it is beneficial to do a retrospective analysis. We have a functional bridge that is doing what it’s intended to do. It was built within the allowable budget that was agreed to in the House. We’re looking at that and we’re determining whether or not there is some value. I realize that the Members want to see a retrospective analysis. I am trying to determine whether or not there is some value in that.

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Question 698-17(5): Deh Cho Bridge Project Review

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Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu . Final, short supplementary, Ms. Bisaro .

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Question 698-17(5): Deh Cho Bridge Project Review

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Wendy Bisaro

Frame Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s a little hard to be short when the Minister is questioning the value of this analysis. This was a P3 project which went from a P3 project to not a P3 project which was fraught with problems and cost us all kinds of money.

To the Minister: It’s not the value of the bridge itself, it’s looking at the process and the process that broke down and determining why it broke down and what we can do to make it better. Why will he not consider that instead of the value of the bridge? Thank you.

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Question 698-17(5): Deh Cho Bridge Project Review

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Tom Beaulieu

Tu Nedhe

Thank you. The department’s opinion is that we would look at the value of it and if we think that we can do retrospective analysis fairly efficiently and not at a great cost to the government, we will do the analysis. The Member is right; we have not started on that, but if we make a determination that we think it is a valuable piece of information that will help us in the future and not just being done to show what has happened but something that has been done so we can learn from it, then we will do that analysis. Thank you.

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Question 698-17(5): Deh Cho Bridge Project Review

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The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu . The Member for Nahendeh , Mr. Menicoche .

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Question 699-17(5): Firesmart Awareness Program

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Kevin A. Menicoche

Nahendeh

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I want to ask the Minister of ENR some questions on our FireSmart awareness campaign as we move into the new year and as move into the next few years about establishing a recognition program. I just wanted to speak of that Smokey the Bear-type campaign that is needed here in the Northwest Territories. Of course, we all know that Smokey the Bear is an advertising mascot created to educate the U.S. public about the dangers of forest fires, and one of the biggest ones is: Remember, only you can prevent forest fires.

This was created in 1947 and today Smokey the Bear’s message is recognized in the U.S. by 90 percent of adults and 77 percent of children. So I believe we need something similar.

I was looking at the FireSmart Program and the closest thing we have to it is called Tuktu the Caribou. I’d like to ask the Minister for an education program, what’s the strategy going forward? Thank you.

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Question 699-17(5): Firesmart Awareness Program

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The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche . The Minister of ENR , Mr. Miltenberger .

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Question 699-17(5): Firesmart Awareness Program

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Michael Miltenberger

Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If the Member will bear with me…

---Laughter

…I’ll try to answer that question. If the Member has a specific example about what particular type of education program he would suggest, I’d be happy to consider that, as long as it is not too unbearably expensive. Thank you.

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Question 699-17(5): Firesmart Awareness Program

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Kevin A. Menicoche

Nahendeh

Thank you very much. I’ll certainly bear with the Minister myself there. While Tuktu the Caribou is a noble name, I believe that we can also do better. There could be Blaze the Beaver, Fire-free Fox, Wise Owl, Wet Wolverine, but what I’m getting at is I believe that we need a territory-wide campaign, something that we can identify with as residents, as children to be fire-wise and to protect our environment and putting out fires as we cook, et cetera. But I believe that we need a centralized way to do it much like the Smokey the Bear campaign in the United States. Thank you.

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Michael Miltenberger

Thebacha

Thank you. I appreciate the Member’s suggestion and I’ll have a discussion with the department about how that would fit in. We’re only a couple of months away from fire season. It might be something that takes a little more time than that. It might get flagged for a transition issue with the government, but we’ll take a look at the Member’s suggestion and his comments will have a great bearing on the outcome. Thank you.

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Kevin A. Menicoche

Nahendeh

Thank you very much. It is about getting back to the “bear” necessities. I’m certainly glad that he’s willing to listen to it and if the Minister can speak with his officials, it’s at the formative stage. It’s an idea that its time has come. We have always spoken in this House lately about how much we are growing. I think a little thing like this will bring the Northwest Territories together and generate having a focus point and something we can identify with as we want to be fire smart and protect our resources.

Once again, if they could take that idea and run with it. He also committed to it. I don’t have a fourth question. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Question 699-17(5): Firesmart Awareness Program

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Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche . More of a comment. The honourable Member for Hay River North , Mr. Bouchard .

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Question 700-17(5): Dredging Of The Hay River

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Robert Bouchard

Hay River North

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have questions for the Minister of Transportation today. It has been at least 10 days since I brought up the issue of dredging in the Northwest Territories being a requirement and a need.

Has the Minister sent off any communication to the federal Minister responsible for dredging to deal with this issue? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Bouchard . The honourable Minister of Transportation , Mr. Beaulieu .

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Tom Beaulieu

Minister of Transportation

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I have. Thank you.

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Robert Bouchard

Hay River North

I’m going to have to pry the details from the Minister. Can I get more detailed information? Was that letter signed off, and which federal Ministers was it cc’d to and who was it communicated to? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Tom Beaulieu

Minister of Transportation

The letter was sent to the Minister responsible for Fisheries and Oceans. He is the Minister responsible for dredging. I don’t recall all the cc’s, but I believe we sent a copy to the Minister of Transportation and the Minister of Public Works . Public Works Canada were the last people to put any money into dredging back in 2012, at the end of the fiscal year. That’s when the last $60,000 was spent on the dredging program in Hay River. It was essentially pointing to the issue at Hay River. There was some issue with barging and getting in and out of the port in Hay River. Thank you.

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Question 700-17(5): Dredging Of The Hay River

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Robert Bouchard

Hay River North

The Members have been talking about dredging in the Northwest Territories. I have heard some rumours of numbers out there.

Does the department have any estimates on what the dredging costs in Hay River and throughout the Northwest Territories would be? Thank you.

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Tom Beaulieu

Minister of Transportation

I don’t have the number for the dredging of the Hay River port, although we do have that number at the department. I don’t have the number here with me. I don’t believe we have a number for all of the dredging that would be required for the entire waterway where the company out of Hay River would haul freight. I don’t have that full number, but I can let the Member know what the number is for dredging the Hay River, our estimate. Also, we can get estimates for other parts of the waterway. Thank you.

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Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu . Final, short supplementary, Mr. Bouchard .

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Robert Bouchard

Hay River North

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Obviously, I would take that information. I look forward to that.

I wonder if I could also get a copy of the letter that was sent to the federal Minister. Thank you.

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Tu Nedhe

Tom Beaulieu

Minister of Transportation

Yes, we can provide that letter to both Members for Hay River. Thank you.

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Question 700-17(5): Dredging Of The Hay River

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The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu . The honourable Member for Weledeh , Mr. Bromley .

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Question 701-17(5): Public Review Of Devolution Legislation

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Bob Bromley

Weledeh

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Just following up on my Member’s statement, I wonder if I could ask the Premier , given the absolute failure of the consultation effort to date on this sweeping legislation, seven acts that we’ve mirrored, adopted completely from the federal government, what will be the revised consultation program that he’s going to put in place? Mahsi.

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The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Bromley . Honourable Premier , Mr. McLeod.

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Question 701-17(5): Public Review Of Devolution Legislation

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Bob McLeod

Yellowknife South

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It sounds like the Member is the only one that’s declared it to be a unanimous failure. I think this public review of devolution legislation is something that’s been ongoing for some time. Perhaps if I reviewed the objectives of the review, the Member might have a clearer understanding of what we’re trying to accomplish.

We’re trying to encourage the general public to better understand the legislative process associated with devolution, including mirroring and delegation, to have an opportunity to review devolution legislation and to ask questions of clarification, to communicate the devolved and then evolved process, to gather initial public responses, questions and suggestions about current and future devolution legislation, to provide the general public with an understanding of the legislative processes for amendment of existing bills and development of new legislation.

There have been 2,100 legislation reviews website views. Not one of them has complained about an inability to access the website and it appears the Member wants a Cadillac review version. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Bob Bromley

Weledeh

I would just like to mention that I have probably accessed it a dozen times from my chair here, so that doesn’t tell us anything, Mr. Speaker. What we need is a meaningful consultation, a meaningful interaction, a discussion back and forth.

Who is going to interact meaningfully between a screen and themselves on sweeping devolution legislation like this that is complex and so on? Will the Premier get real and get a real process in place that starts providing opportunity for interactions with our public and making this northern legislation?

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Bob McLeod

Yellowknife South

We are getting real. We are real. The Member talks about a glacial response to questions that are posted on the website. There were two questions posted on the website. The first one related to directors’ liabilities. The second one related to legal obligations for those wishing to bring pet monkeys to the Northwest Territories. The first question was answered and the response posted on the devolution website and the second question was handled by ENR. I don’t see where the glacial response comes in. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Bob Bromley

Weledeh

Two questions. So we’ve gone from 2,100 now down to two. That’s an interesting leap. What the public is demanding and has demanded…and the Premier ’s strategy of giving them a website to look at will work. Over time, people will lose interest, be disconnected from government and there will be no transparency as the Premier would like. Clearly, what’s needed is some real interaction.

Again, when will the Premier put out a plain language version of all these acts to people and put out word when the meetings will be, where they will be and give them a real opportunity to have some input and make this our own? Mahsi.

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Bob McLeod

Yellowknife South

The Member is suggesting that there’s a groundswell of public who can’t wait to respond and review all this legislation. I see no evidence of that. We have committed to a final

summary report that will be shared with the standing committee before the end of session. If committee is unhappy with the report, they can respond to it and we will take action. Thank you.

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Question 701-17(5): Public Review Of Devolution Legislation

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Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Final, short supplementary, Mr. Bromley .

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Bob Bromley

Weledeh

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a hard time being interested myself with the sort of response I get from the Premier . So, again, his strategy is working. The lack of interest is not real lack of interest; it’s a lack of opportunity to engage. So I’m saying to the Premier , what opportunities will he provide to engage with real people on real issues and make this legislation our own?

What changes to this legislation, what evolving is this Premier going to propose on the input he’s received to make it our own based on his earlier commitments, devolve and then evolve? What has he heard? What are the changes we are looking for from all those comments and where are they? Mahsi.

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Bob McLeod

Yellowknife South

We will be producing a

summary report, providing it to committee. Committee can respond to it. My expectation is that the responsible departments for the respective devolution legislation will review the legislation and, over time, they’ll go out to the public, seek input to the specific legislation, and that will be accomplished through transition, and also, we will fulfill all of the commitments that we made to devolve and evolve. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Member for Deh Cho , Mr. Nadli .

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Questions 702-17(5): Community Constable Program

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Michael Nadli

Deh Cho

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Today we’re talking about bullying. Bullying is most prevalent in the young people population, but it’s all over. My question is to the Minister of Justice . It’s essential that we have peace officers, like one of the symbols that we have here in the North and across Canada are RCMP officers.

To the Minister’s knowledge, have any young people from the NWT participated in the RCMP’s Aboriginal Pre-Cadet Training Program? Mahsi.

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Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Nadli . Minister of Justice , Mr. Ramsay .

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David Ramsay

Kam Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, we have had folks participate in what was the Aboriginal Community Constable Program. That was a pilot project and that’s since evolved into the Community Constable Program. There’s another intake this coming June in Regina. We’ve had four applicants. Two are active and we’re looking across the territory for other interested candidates to take

part in that Community Constable Program in Regina. Thank you.

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Michael Nadli

Deh Cho

It’s essential that relationship building happens between RCMP and the community. So as such, has the Department of Justice considered its own version of the RCMP program? I have in mind a community-based policing program where young people are mentored not only by experienced police officers but also by caring and strong community elders. Mahsi.

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Questions 702-17(5): Community Constable Program

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David Ramsay

Kam Lake

It is very important that the RCMP continue to foster a strong working relationship with communities across the Northwest Territories. We’ve done a great deal of work in that regard helping communities establish policing plans, working with communities, the leadership of communities. We’re also moving into community safety plans now across the Northwest Territories, and again working with leaders and community members. We’re going to arrive at that.

Through the Community Constable Program we will get constables into communities in the Northwest Territories that are going to provide the RCMP with cultural awareness and community awareness and help the RCMP in achieving their goals and objectives in keeping our community safe. Thank you.

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Michael Nadli

Deh Cho

I’d like to thank the Minister for his reply. He indicated at the outset that there have been two applicants, and I think the Department of Justice could try to assist communities to increase those numbers.

Will the Minister consider introducing a community-based mentoring project beginning with a handful of small communities? Will the Minister work with the RCMP, other policing officers and community elders to make this happen? Mahsi.

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David Ramsay

Kam Lake

The RCMP has recently filled its Aboriginal proactive recruiter position. The recruiter will be travelling throughout the Northwest Territories to actively recruit persons for all categories of jobs and positions with the RCMP. If the Member is aware of any people in his communities that are interested in the Community Constable Program, I’d encourage him to have them contact the RCMP or our new Aboriginal proactive recruiter so that they can hopefully get into the program this coming June. Thank you.

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Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay . Final, short supplementary, Mr. Nadli .

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Michael Nadli

Deh Cho

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think the time for innovation is here, especially when this department has undertaken along with this government the on-the-land program, and we’re kind of making it up as we go. So, there’s an opportunity to perhaps reach out into the community.

Once again, will the Minister consider doing a community-based mentoring project with the RCMP so that experienced police officers and, at the same time, community elders are involved with trying to mentor young Aboriginal people to become RCMP officers? Mahsi.

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David Ramsay

Kam Lake

The Member brings up a good point in trying to get the elders involved in the communities and the RCMP. This is something I’d like to take back to the RCMP. Of course, they are our partner in this, the Department of Justice, the RCMP and the communities, and we will get a response for the Member. I like his idea. Any way that we can encourage young people to get involved in the RCMP and protecting our communities and making them safe, that’s a good step in the right direction. I thank the Member for his suggestion.

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Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay . The Member for Yellowknife Centre , Mr. Hawkins .

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Question 703-17(5): Public Safety Notification Policies

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Robert Hawkins

Yellowknife Centre

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Recently, there was a convicted sex offender – that’s a predator, the way I view it – on the loose in Yellowknife, and they were on the loose in Yellowknife without the public’s knowledge. That means women, children and even some men were at risk while this predator stalked their next prey. It was my understanding that the police knew that this person was on the prowl and that this predator was looking for their next victim, but the public was not informed.

My question for the Minister of Justice is: When does the public’s interest start to matter enough that they are informed that their personal safety may be at risk and the fact that we should finally be taking a stand that personal safety of the potential victims should matter more than the predator’s confidentiality?

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The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya . The Minister of Justice , Mr. Ramsay .

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David Ramsay

Kam Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That is a line that, of course, the RCMP makes the decision on. They have to weigh a number of factors before they consider notifying the public. Perhaps we could engage the RCMP if Members want a briefing on how this works. I’d be happy to have the RCMP sit down with the Standing Committee on Social Programs and we can go over the hows and whys of public notification.

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Robert Hawkins

Yellowknife Centre

I certainly recognize the answer, which was, really, let’s find someone else to take responsibility and let’s pass the buck.

My question for the Minister is: What is he going to do to ensure that this policy is updated so the public’s interest, the public’s safety is protected over these types of predators who are let loose and prey upon the women, the children and even some men in our community?

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Question 703-17(5): Public Safety Notification Policies

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David Ramsay

Kam Lake

Of course, I take the safety of our community very seriously. I will continue to work with the RCMP to ensure that communities across the Northwest Territories are as safe as they possibly can be.

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Question 703-17(5): Public Safety Notification Policies

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Robert Hawkins

Yellowknife Centre

I appreciate the Minister’s quick reply of saying nothing. It hasn’t said anything to the fact of what is the Minister going to do. That is the issue.

What is the Minister going to do to update the policy to ensure the public’s safety matters enough that we’re going to protect them with the right information so they know and can be vigilant knowing a predator is out there stalking them? I want to hear what the Minister is going to do, not pass it on to somebody else.

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Question 703-17(5): Public Safety Notification Policies

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David Ramsay

Kam Lake

Whether the Member likes it or not, it is the responsibility of the RCMP. We will continue to work with the RCMP to ensure our communities are safe.

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The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay . Final, short supplementary, Mr. Hawkins .

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Question 703-17(5): Public Safety Notification Policies

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Robert Hawkins

Yellowknife Centre

Mr. Speaker, what’s the point of having a Minister if the Minister just says we’ll leave it up to the RCMP? Maybe the Minister can describe his accountability line with the RCMP when we work to ensure that our public safety is put first.

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Question 703-17(5): Public Safety Notification Policies

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David Ramsay

Kam Lake

We have a contract with the RCMP. That is their job. That is their role. We respect the role that the RCMP plays for us.

Again, I will reiterate, we will continue to work with them to ensure that the best practices are in place to ensure that our communities are safe.

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Question 703-17(5): Public Safety Notification Policies

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The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay . The Member for Inuvik Boot Lake , Mr. Moses .

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Question 704-17(5): Elder Abuse

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Alfred Moses

Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’ll follow up with my questions on elder abuse to the Minister of Health and Social Services . According to Stats Canada, seven out of 10 crimes against elders are never reported. There are many reasons, and we’ve had those discussions previously. One suggestion that I’ve brought up in the past is a duty to report and possibly create legislation for duty to report. When you look at the Canadian Association of Retired Persons, they make a recommendation that they can have a duty to report legislation or policy but it must be coupled with a whistleblower protection act. That’s something we have.

I want to ask the Minister of Health and Social Services what steps he has taken to move forward in this duty to report, either policy or legislation.

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Question 704-17(5): Elder Abuse

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The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Moses . The Minister of Health , Mr. Abernethy .

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Question 704-17(5): Elder Abuse

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Glen Abernethy

Great Slave

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was actually recently invited to a meeting of the NWT Network to Prevent Abuse of Older Adults held here in Yellowknife on February 10, 2015, where the NWT Seniors’ Society was providing that workshop. At that time I was again asked about possible legislation, and I have already directed the department to do some research into the duty to report but also other opportunities that may exist that will make it necessary for individuals to report abuse.

I will say that, I mean, all of us as citizens have an obligation, in my mind, to report violence when we see it, whether it’s family violence or whether it’s abuse against adults. So if you do see abuse of our seniors or elders, please report it to the RCMP so that they can get involved and help protect our citizens and our senior citizens all throughout the Northwest Territories.

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Question 704-17(5): Elder Abuse

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Alfred Moses

Inuvik Boot Lake

I’m talking specifically about professionals. I’m glad the Minister also agrees that all residents of the North should speak up, but under a duty to report it would protect professionals who interact with the elderly and dependent adults, and with this duty to report it would have clear guidelines for action, intervention and protection, along with adding a professional capacity to investigate such reports.

In my research, I’ve noticed that both Nova Scotia and Newfoundland have an Adult Protection Act. Nova Scotia’s came into effect June 2014.

Can I ask the Minister when he directed his department to look into this? Are they reviewing these two jurisdictions who are leading right now in Canada?

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Question 704-17(5): Elder Abuse

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Glen Abernethy

Great Slave

The department will be looking at a number of different jurisdictions. I can’t say off the top of my head whether they’re going to look at that one, but given that they are one of the leading jurisdictions, I can say for sure that certainly after today they will be.

Part of the process here is to make sure that people are aware of elder abuse, and I think our amazing partners like the NWT Seniors’ Society is doing amazing work to create awareness. But I do have to acknowledge that there is no consistent policy currently directing staff regarding the prevention, detection and response to elder abuse here in the Northwest Territories.

In 2012-2013 the department worked really closely with the NWT Seniors’ Society to conduct a significant amount of research into national best practices, guidelines and policies for front-line workers in response to this exact topic, adult or senior abuse. As a part of the work to support this implementation of a new continuing care standard, which is going to go a long way to addressing some of this, the department and the NWT Seniors’ Society are looking to develop territorial policies and guidelines for health and social services providers and employees to respond when they suspect or witness elder abuse.

Work is happening in this and we are continuing to look at other jurisdictions for additional best practices to make sure that what we put in place is effective here in the Northwest Territories. But at the same time, if you see it, report it.

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Question 704-17(5): Elder Abuse

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Alfred Moses

Inuvik Boot Lake

The Canadian Association of Retired Persons, also known as CARP, has a comprehensive strategy to eradicate elder abuse, and one of the recommendations that they do give – and this one I thought was quite interesting – is to create an elder abuse hotline. Because we don’t have all the services and resources in the small communities especially, and I always like to refer that we have eight communities that don’t even have nurses, who are they going to speak to report this elder abuse?

If we had a 1-800 hotline that could be widely known across the North with the capacity to redirect to local service agencies and sensitive to cultural and linguistic needs of some of our elders in the communities, would the Minister look at creating something along those lines, or in the current hotline that we do have, have some type of portion of it dedicated to a senior support system where they can get the help that they need?

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Question 704-17(5): Elder Abuse

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Glen Abernethy

Great Slave

Resolving this particular challenge here in the Northwest Territories is going to take partnership and awareness, and one of the main organizations that do incredible work in this area is the NWT Seniors’ Society. We do currently provide funding to the NWT Seniors’ Society to offer a toll-free line to seniors with a significant amount of information, including who they might be able to call if they are witnessing things like senior or elder abuse. We can certainly have a conversation with them to see if and how that can be expanded.

But at the same time, if you see or happen to witness abuse of seniors, I would still strongly encourage you and all residents of the Northwest Territories to call the RCMP. We will continue to do this work. Thank you.

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Question 704-17(5): Elder Abuse

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The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy . Final, short supplementary, Mr. Moses .

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Question 704-17(5): Elder Abuse

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Alfred Moses

Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I know we do have a lot of individuals and professionals who do work with the senior population.

Has the Minister put any new financial resources or personnel resources in terms of providing support for our professionals to continue to work with our seniors’ society, with training or any kind of other clinical support, which was also a recommendation in the strategic plan put out by the Canadian Association of Retired Persons? Has the Minister put any further support into the senior division within his department? Thank you.

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Question 704-17(5): Elder Abuse

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Glen Abernethy

Great Slave

We had the same conversation during Committee of the Whole. There are no new dollars or additional dollars at this time. But as we can finish the continuing care standards and other documents that we’re working on, we will likely be in a position where we will have to identify areas that need funding. For ’15-16 there are no new or additional funds targeted to this particular topic. Thank you.

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Question 704-17(5): Elder Abuse

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The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy . The Member for Sahtu , Mr. Yakeleya .

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Question 705-17(5): Sahtu Winter Roads Maintenance

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Norman Yakeleya

Sahtu

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Earlier I had questions to the Minister of Transportation . I’d like to continue my questions. Bassett Petroleum will be doing 120 loads of delivering fuel to the community of Deline. In the assessment by Bassett Petroleum, operators of those vehicles, they’re asking to see if the department is going to put kilometre markers along the road to Deline, even to have a few pullouts on that road to Deline.

Does the Minister think that’s something that can be done this year in regard to these two items?

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Question 705-17(5): Sahtu Winter Roads Maintenance

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The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya . Minister of Transportation , Mr. Beaulieu .

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Question 705-17(5): Sahtu Winter Roads Maintenance

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Tom Beaulieu

Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I believe those can be done. The Member and I talked about that when we were on the winter road and the department also noted that the kilometre markers were non-existent and they felt that it was important that those be put in. We have the two guys up there now working on the winter road, plus the supervisor. So, I’ll have the department look into placing them, maybe not one at every kilometre, but in strategic locations throughout the winter road.

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Question 705-17(5): Sahtu Winter Roads Maintenance

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Norman Yakeleya

Sahtu

In the Department of Transportation, one of their objectives is safety on our highways. Certainly that applies more so with the winter roads in our communities.

As part of the Safety Program in the Department of Transportation, are there any requests or consideration for additional maintenance on our winter roads? We have about a month and six days left if the weather holds out to have our winter roads still in operation.

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Question 705-17(5): Sahtu Winter Roads Maintenance

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Tom Beaulieu

Tu Nedhe

I think that when the department proceeded with bringing the extra monitors in, monitoring traffic and monitoring other traffic on the winter road in the Sahtu, we were doing that for safety reasons. Recognizing that on our trip into the Sahtu on the winter road, the road being rough is also a safety issue. I will go back to the department, and the department seemed very responsive when I first discussed it with them. So I will go back to the department to see if there can be money freed up somewhere within our O and M budget to maybe do some more work on that winter road in the Sahtu. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Question 705-17(5): Sahtu Winter Roads Maintenance

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Norman Yakeleya

Sahtu

Thank you. I’ve noticed how much the people in the Sahtu appreciate the Minister coming in and driving a

section of that winter road and seeing firsthand the conditions that people have to drive day in and day out.

Given the limited amount of time that we have on our winter roads, given that Fort Good Hope is going to experience a lot of traffic this weekend because of the hand games, a lot of people are coming in for the hand games and a written e-mail from one of my constituents who is in the department is working that section, so people can call that Transportation person and make comments or complaints to Transportation about the winter roads. There’s going to be a lot of traffic and people are concerned about the driving conditions.

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Question 705-17(5): Sahtu Winter Roads Maintenance

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Tom Beaulieu

Tu Nedhe

We will do what we can to try to fix the road up, maybe pay some special attention to that portion of the road. We noticed on our drive there, about half of that road is in pretty good shape. So we’re probably talking about 60 to 80 kilometres of road that is rough as we get nearer to Fort Good Hope.

What we can also do is have the indication of the number or any of the people that need to be contacted to address winter road issues on the website. Then I’ll have the people attend to that winter road website to ensure that the contact people are there for this weekend. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Question 705-17(5): Sahtu Winter Roads Maintenance

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The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu . Final, short supplementary, Mr. Yakeleya .

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Question 705-17(5): Sahtu Winter Roads Maintenance

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Norman Yakeleya

Sahtu

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I believe people who are in the Sahtu or people who are planning to go up to the Sahtu appreciate what the Minister is saying in this House this afternoon.

I want to also thank the Minister and to follow up on his commitment on a preconstruction meeting for next year.

Is the Minister also going to seek the opinion of one of the users as Bassett Petroleum operators and see if they can be a part of that preconstruction discussion as to the conditions of our winter roads? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Question 705-17(5): Sahtu Winter Roads Maintenance

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Tom Beaulieu

Tu Nedhe

I can’t commit to having the contractors that are hauling contractors attend such a meeting, but what I can commit to is that as they continue to do their reports and giving us good indications of the driving conditions of the road that we will take those reports into consideration during the preconstruction meeting. Thank you.

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Question 705-17(5): Sahtu Winter Roads Maintenance

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The Speaker

Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu . The Member for Mackenzie Delta , Mr. Blake .

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Question 706-17(5): Fire Suppression Crews

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Frederick Blake Jr.

Mackenzie Delta

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Since 2007 we have not had a suppression crew in the community of Tsiigehtchic. I brought this up yesterday in Committee of the Whole, but for the record I’d like to ask the Minister, will he work with the community of Tsiigehtchic to enter into an agreement to have a suppression crew in the community this coming summer? Than