Debates of March 4th, 2002

This is page numbers 301 - 340 of the Hansard for the 14th Assembly, 5th Session. The original version can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website or by contacting the Legislative Assembly Library.

The word of the day was housing .

Topics

Members Present

Item 1: Prayer

Social Agenda Progress Report

Education Week 2002

Early Childhood Development

Early Childhood Development

Free Vote On Bill 7

Passing Of Respected Dogrib Elder Moise Martin

Senior Citizens' Home Repair Program

25th Anniversary Of The Hay River Chamber Of Commerce

Storage Of Ammonium Nitrate In Enterprise

Early Childhood Development

Resources To Support The Transfer Of Programs And Services

Multi-use Recreational Facilities

Workers' Compensation Legislative Review Panel

Inuvik Twin Lakes Arctic Winter Games Participants

Item 4: Returns To Oral Questions

Item 5: Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery

Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Affirmative Action And Employment Equity

Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Early Childhood Development Programs

Update On WCB Review Panel Report

Senior Citizens Home Repair Program

Consultation On Adoption Act Amendments

Update On The Kyoto Protocol

Economic Development Officer Funding

Fas/fae Information And Communications

Transfer Of Programs And Services In The Beaufort-delta

Tabled Document 15-14(5): 2001 Annual Report Public Utilities Board Of The Northwest Territories

Bill 11:

An Act To Amend The Liquor Act

Bill 7:

An Act To Amend The Legislative Assembly Retiring Allowances Act And The Supplementary Retiring Allowances Act

Bill 8:

An Act To Amend The Nursing Profession Act And The Pharmacy Act

Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters

Biannual Statistics On Rent Supplement Units And Developers Loan Guarantees (carried)

Item 20: Report Of Committee Of The Whole

Item 22: Orders Of The Day

Members Present

Honourable Roger Allen , Honourable Jim Antoine , Mr. Bell , Mr. Braden , Mr. Delorey , Mr. Dent , Mrs. Groenewegen , Honourable Joe Handley , Honourable Stephen Kakfwi , Mr. Krutko , Mr. Lafferty , Ms. Lee , Mr. McLeod , Honourable Michael Miltenberger , Mr. Nitah , Honourable Jake Ootes , Mr. Roland , Honourable Vince Steen , Honourable Tony Whitford .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

-- Prayer

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Item 1: Prayer

Item 1: Prayer

Page 301

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you. Please be seated. Good afternoon. Item 2, Ministers' statements. The honourable Premier , Mr. Kakfwi .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Minister's Statement 23-14(5): Social Agenda Progress Report

Item 2: Ministers' Statements

Page 301

Stephen Kakfwi

Sahtu

Mr. Speaker, a key objective of this budget is to demonstrate that we are committed to a balanced approach which also gives priority to improving the social fabric of our Territory and its residents. This commitment involves working in partnership with other governments and the non-governmental organization community on development of a social agenda.

On February 28th representatives from the Social Agenda Working Group and I provided the Standing Committee on Social Programs with a progress report on their work. Today I want to provide all Members with a brief

summary of this progress report.

Mr. Speaker, last June over 250 front-line service workers and decision makers from across the Northwest Territories met on the Hay River Reserve to discuss the need for a vibrant and effective social agenda. In their discussions, they delivered a clear message that development and implementation of a social agenda must be done in collaboration and partnership involving representatives of governments, but equally important representatives of the front-line service workers and non-governmental organizations who deal directly with social issues on a daily basis.

To ensure that the next steps involved meaningful collaboration and partnership, the Social Agenda Working Group was formed. Their task has been to develop a social agenda which can be used by all stakeholders as a framework to guide future actions and decisions. As reported to the standing committee, the working group is committed to producing a limited number of key, achievable recommendations aimed at improving the overall system within which social policy decisions are made and social programs and services are delivered.

From the government's perspective, we are especially pleased and interested in a framework that will contribute to more effective cross-departmental coordination of policies, decision making and program delivery.

Mr. Speaker, in addressing these challenges the working group has met five times since being formed in early October. They are working hard. They are working by consensus. They are working in partnership. They want their work to be relevant and workable. However, given the complexity of their task we have agreed that their reporting time frame needs to be extended to April. In providing this extension, I have been assured that all of their work will be completed in time for recommendations to be included in the next business planning cycle.

Mr. Speaker, a strong social fabric for our Territory is high on this government's list of priorities. You are seeing this commitment reflected in our overall budget and in program initiatives of individual Ministers and departments.

In closing, I speak for all Ministers in thanking the working group for the contribution they have been and will be making to an NWT social agenda. Thank you.

-- Applause

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Minister's Statement 23-14(5): Social Agenda Progress Report

Item 2: Ministers' Statements

Page 301

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Premier . Item 2, Ministers' statements. The honourable Minister responsible for Education, Culture and Employment , Mr. Ootes .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Minister's Statement 24-14(5): Education Week 2002

Item 2: Ministers' Statements

Page 301

Jake Ootes

Yellowknife Centre

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, March 4th to 10th is Education Week in the Northwest Territories. It is an opportunity for all of us to celebrate the role that education plays in enriching and improving our lives.

The theme for Education Week 2002 is Changing Land... Changing Peoples. Communities are encouraged to celebrate Education Week by exploring the impact of change on the environment, lifestyles, cultures and languages of the peoples of the NWT.

Mr. Speaker, early childhood programs, schools, learning centres, Aurora College campuses and libraries across the NWT have been invited to participate in Education Week. Groups and individuals are encouraged to celebrate stories and share memories of the past and present by recording them on paper drums and building a community drum display. Some of the drums created are part of the territorial drum display in the Great Hall here at the Legislative Assembly.

I encourage each of you to take time to visit the territorial drum display and read about some of the change that has occurred in the Northwest Territories over the years. These stories will help us to learn about the impact change has had on the land and the people of the NWT.

Mr. Speaker, it is no coincidence that Changing Land... Changing Peoples is also the theme of the Interchange on Canadian Studies 2002 conference to be hosted in Yellowknife in April. The interchange is a forum for young Canadians to travel, to meet other young Canadians, to hear from prominent speakers and to share experiences and ideas significant to Canada. The event is held in a different province or territory each year. The conference in the NWT this year is a unique opportunity to build on the theme, Changing Land... Changing Peoples.

Our annual celebration of Education Week is an excellent opportunity for each of us to reflect on the significant role education plays in our lives. As the Northwest Territories evolves into a self-reliant, economically viable territory, it is important that we acquire as much knowledge and information as we can, not only to understand the impact and significance of change but also to participate fully in that change. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

-- Applause

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Minister's Statement 24-14(5): Education Week 2002

Item 2: Ministers' Statements

Page 302

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 2, Ministers' statements. The honourable Minister responsible for Health and Social Services , Mr. Miltenberger .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Minister's Statement 25-14(5): Early Childhood Development

Item 2: Ministers' Statements

Page 302

Michael Miltenberger

Thebacha

Thank you. Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to be able to report to the House on significant progress that is being made in the implementation of the early childhood development initiatives.

Our vision is that the NWT will be a place where children are born healthy and raised in safe and respectful families and communities that support them in developing to their fullest potential. Initiatives that the Departments of Health and Social Services and Education, Culture and Employment are undertaking with our partners will go a long way in helping us achieve this vision.

A key element in a comprehensive early childhood development program is early and effective screening. The Nipissing screening tool is a tool that will be used to screen children until they enter school to detect developmental delays and permit the planning of effective interventions that will allow a child to reach their full potential. This screening tool was chosen because of its ease of use and adaptability to the communities and cultures across the NWT. Training health care providers on the use of the tool began on February 25th and will continue through March 2002.

All regions will have received training by the first week of April. By this spring, the Nipissing screening tool will be used across the NWT.

Mr. Speaker, supporting parents and children in their own homes is another key element of the early childhood development initiative and is the basis of the family visitor-child development support program. This program focuses on promoting the interaction of the parent with their child by supporting and improving parenting skills in their home. Family visitor-child development workers will help families of children under the age of six access community resources. Their primary focus will be on helping parents with children who have developmental delays.

They will be able to provide tools such as learning and coping strategies to aid in overcoming the delays. Three health authorities will begin hiring and training existing staff as family visitors early in the new year. By 2004, we anticipate that there will be at least one family visitor in every community in the Northwest Territories.

Healthy family kits and school readiness kits will be offered to every family in the NWT with pre-school age children. Kits will be appropriate to developmental milestones. Families will receive kits at five stages in their child's development. The first kit is scheduled for completion in April 2002 and will then be provided to every family of a newborn. Child development resource kits will be ready for distribution this spring for use by family visitors. The kits developed are based on age and developmental categories important to child development.

Training on the best use of these kits will take place during the next fiscal year. These kits will be especially helpful to those families with children who have developmental delays. Finished products or a multimedia campaign will be ready by this summer. Airtime for two video public service announcements created by the NWT Council for Persons with Disabilities has been purchased as part of the public awareness campaign and were aired in December and again in February and March. Our thanks go to the NWT Council for Persons with Disabilities for allowing us to use these.

Mr. Speaker, our children are central to the future of the North. The early childhood development initiatives are focused on helping every child get the best possible support during their early years. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

-- Applause

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Minister's Statement 25-14(5): Early Childhood Development

Item 2: Ministers' Statements

Page 302

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 2, Ministers' statements. The honourable Minister responsible for Education, Culture and Employment , Mr. Ootes .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Minister's Statement 26-14(5): Early Childhood Development

Item 2: Ministers' Statements

Page 302

Jake Ootes

Yellowknife Centre

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Early Childhood Development Action Plan, to which my honourable colleague, Mr. Miltenberger , referred, supports the work underway to develop a comprehensive social agenda aimed at improving the quality of life for all NWT residents. Early childhood is the foundation for healthy development. All children need support and nurturing.

Many children in the NWT receive that support and nurturing from their families. Efforts in the home are enhanced through a range of early childhood programs and services offered at the community level. This government's role is to support communities and families in their efforts to provide every child born with the best possible start in life. We have a responsibility, Mr. Speaker, to ensure support is provided efficiently and effectively, in partnership with other government departments, other levels of government and with non-governmental organizations.

In developing the early childhood action plan, Education, Culture and Employment and Health and Social Services recognized significant opportunity to work together building on successful programs and services already in place. Some programs will be enhanced. Other programs, like the ones outlined by Mr. Miltenberger , are in development. The government is committed to ensuring that a comprehensive range of programs, intended to support early childhood development, is available to all NWT residents through an integrated service delivery model.

Mr. Speaker, an integrated service delivery model breaks down barriers between program providers by encouraging discussion that identifies mutual goals. It promotes collaboration and reduces duplication of programs and services. Early childhood program providers from across the Northwest Territories have already begun reviewing the options available for integrating services at the community level. The goal of many communities is to establish child and family resource centres to deliver a range of complimentary programs and services.

Research shows that the most effective way of fostering early childhood development is through a multi-faceted continuum of programs ranging from health care to positive parenting and early literacy. Increased interaction between parents, children and other members of the community promotes social well-being, as well as the intergenerational transmission of language and culture.

Mr. Speaker, Northerners have long recognized the need for quality early childhood programs and services. It is a priority for our government to work together and with our partners to ensure that all NWT children get the best possible start in life. When our children grow up healthy and are able to realize their full potential, we will have developed our greatest resource -- our people. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

-- Applause

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Minister's Statement 26-14(5): Early Childhood Development

Item 2: Ministers' Statements

Page 303

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 2, Ministers' statements. The honourable Premier , Mr. Kakfwi .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Minister's Statement 27-14(5): Free Vote On Bill 7

Item 2: Ministers' Statements

Page 303

Stephen Kakfwi

Sahtu

Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, February 26, 2002 Minister Steen , as Cabinet's representative on the Board of Management, gave notice of motion for first reading of Bill 7,

An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly Retiring Allowances Act and the Supplementary Retiring Allowances Act. As Members know, this bill is not a government initiative and, accordingly, the rules of Cabinet solidarity do not apply. Ministers will be allowed a free vote on this bill. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

-- Applause

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Minister's Statement 27-14(5): Free Vote On Bill 7

Item 2: Ministers' Statements

Page 303

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Premier . Item 2, Ministers' statements. Item 3, Members' statements. The honourable Member for North Slave , Mr. Lafferty .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Passing Of Respected Dogrib Elder Moise Martin

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 303

Leon Lafferty

North Slave

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today my statement is on elders. Over the weekend, the Dogrib Nation laid to rest one of their respected elders. His name was Moise Martin. The Dogrib Nation changed their negotiation updates, changed their plans out of respect for this elder.

One of his achievements was to put on his snowshoes in Rae-Edzo and lead the dogs on the dog-team trail, the dog-team caravan, you might call it, up to one lake past Lac de Gras. He did this with no one else substituting for him or helping him. That is a good achievement. Now, it is even hard to do it with a snowmobile, but in those days, he did it with a pair of snowshoes. Sometimes it is very hard to talk of things like this.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Passing Of Respected Dogrib Elder Moise Martin

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 303

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty . Item 3, Members' statements. The honourable Member for Hay River North , Mr. Delorey .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Senior Citizens' Home Repair Program

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 303

Paul Delorey

Hay River North

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address an issue that is very pertinent to a large segment of the population in the Northwest Territories. Mr. Speaker, the group that I am referring to is our seniors. Our seniors population is aging at a very accelerated rate and we can no longer afford to ignore this fact.

By the year 2018, Mr. Speaker, the total number of seniors aged 60 and over in the Northwest Territories is expected to increase to over 7,000. Our seniors population is expected to experience a 180 percent increase. The rate of increase among our seniors population far outweighs the rate of our total population.

Mr. Speaker, we as a government have to work collectively to ensure that there is no reduction in programs and services to seniors as a result of this population growth.

Mr. Speaker, our senior citizens have all worked very hard to be productive members of our society for many years. They have scrimped and saved for years in order to own their own homes. The sense of independence that maintaining their own home provides them is very important to our seniors.

Mr. Speaker, our government has put in place several programs over the last few years that have attempted to address a burgeoning seniors population. One such program, Mr. Speaker, is our Senior Citizens Home Repair Program, administered by Northwest Territories Housing Corporation. Under this program, Mr. Speaker, senior citizens can apply to the Housing Corporation for up to $20,000 in assistance to cover the cost of repairs for improving the condition of their homes.

Mr. Speaker, this aids in making the homes of our senior citizens safer and healthier to live in at the same time as assisting the seniors in maintaining an independent lifestyle.

Mr. Speaker, the financial help that our senior citizens receive from the Housing Corporation comes in the form of a forgivable loan. Mr. Speaker, the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation criteria for eligibility states that in order for the senior citizens to qualify for the Senior Citizens Home Repair Program, they must be 60 years of age and older and have resided in the Northwest Territories for at least five years, one year of which must be continuous prior to their approval.

In addition, Mr. Speaker, the senior citizen must be in core housing need. The client household income cannot exceed the income threshold for their community and the house in which a senior citizen intends to undertake repairs must be owned by them outright.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Senior Citizens' Home Repair Program

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 303

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Delorey . Your time for your Member's statement is over. Mr. Delorey .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Senior Citizens' Home Repair Program

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 303

Paul Delorey

Hay River North

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to conclude my statement.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Senior Citizens' Home Repair Program

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 304

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Delorey . The honourable Member is seeking unanimous consent to conclude his statement. Are there any nays? There are no nays. You may continue, Mr. Delorey .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Senior Citizens' Home Repair Program

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 304

Paul Delorey

Hay River North

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, colleagues. This brings me to the point of home-ownership. Mr. Speaker, as I stated earlier, our senior citizens have worked diligently to retain their homes and the independent lifestyle that home-ownership affords is very comforting to our senior citizens.

Mr. Speaker, the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation requires that the senior citizen sign over their mortgage to the Housing Corporation for a period of ten years, as the mortgage will be required for security against the home repair loan. Mr. Speaker, I have grave concerns about this government policy that requires a senior citizen to sign over the mortgage of their home that they have worked so hard to retain.

Mr. Speaker, at the appropriate time I will have further questions for the Minister responsible. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Senior Citizens' Home Repair Program

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 304

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

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

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

25th Anniversary Of The Hay River Chamber Of Commerce

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 304

Jane Groenewegen

Hay River South

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to make my Member's statement today about some of the activities that took place in Hay River over the weekend. Friday night was the annual Hay River Chamber of Commerce banquet. I would like to say congratulations to President Doreen Farrants and their newly sworn in board of directors and executive.

It was billed as the 25th anniversary of the chamber in Hay River, but as newspaper stories from as far back as 1962 were shared, they clearly made reference to the activities of the Hay River Chamber, so the chamber is more like 40 years old, but only filed annual reports with the societies registry for the last 25 years.

I had the privilege of having been the Chamber of Commerce president for the years 1987, 1988 and 1990, and served on the board of directors in various capacities for a number of other years.

Past presidents Bob McMeekin, Barry Ashton and myself were asked to share our memories of the chamber. Bob reminisced about some of the amazing business community efforts in the early days of establishing the chamber, and Barry talked about the very proud history of the business community in Hay River.

As a chartered accountant and very active member of the business community, he was keenly aware of the number of businesses in Hay River which have seen the participation of two and many three generations, companies started by the parents, now owned, managed and operated by the children and even the grandchildren. Statistics indicate that only ten percent of family-owned businesses make it to the third generation, so Hay River must be some kind of anomaly.

My recollections of my years with the chamber mostly focused on the relationships and although we accomplished a lot of work, we had much fun in the process -- the weekly luncheons, the special initiatives, the celebrations, rallying the troops and even tackling the government on occasion, are all things that I was reminded of and realized how much I had missed in the last six years.

At the annual banquet each year, the chamber also recognizes the citizen of the year. This year's recipient for 2001 was Ron Cook. Ron is just about to retire as the town's recreation manager. What a deserving recognition this was of Ron's remarkable contribution to so many aspects of community service in Hay River. The bonus is that Ron and his wife Gail plan to continue living in Hay River in their retirement.

In closing, Mr. Speaker, when it comes to private sector activity per capita, Hay River is the business capital of the North. With the resource of our many business people dedicated to the economic well-being of Hay River and fair treatment of this government, we plan to hold onto that distinction for many years to come.

Also, Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the K'amba Carnival planning committee, who this year again, for the 19th year in a row, put on a wonderful K'amba Carnival. Mr. Speaker, I entered the axe-throwing contest. My colleagues will be relieved to know that I did not win. Thank you.

-- Laughter

-- Applause

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

25th Anniversary Of The Hay River Chamber Of Commerce

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 304

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

What a shame. Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen . Item 3, Members' statements. The honourable Member for Deh Cho , Mr. McLeod .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Storage Of Ammonium Nitrate In Enterprise

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 304

Michael McLeod

Deh Cho

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to again address the issue of ammonium nitrate storage in Enterprise in response to Mr. Handley 's comments of February 22nd, where he stated, "Ammonium nitrate is not as dangerous as some people think it is."

Let me begin by giving an example of an ammonium nitrate storage facility in the city of Toulouse in southwest France. On Friday, September 21, 2001, a huge explosion occurred in the outskirts of the city. The explosion occurred in a warehouse in which granular ammonium nitrate was stored. The amount stored in this warehouse is said to be between 200 to 300 tonnes of ammonium nitrate.

Let me describe the impact of the Toulouse explosion. The blast blew out windows in the city centre three kilometres away and created a 50-metre diameter crater more than ten metres deep. Experts said the explosion was equivalent to an earthquake measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale. More than 500 homes were lost and 11,000 students stayed at home after 85 schools and colleges were damaged. Twenty-two people were killed on site, six nearby, and one died in hospital according to the regional officials. An electrical goods store about 300 metres away from the storage facility collapsed about 45 minutes after the explosion.

Mr. Speaker, the exact cause of this terrible accident remains unknown to this day, although at the time a spokesman for the Interior Ministry in Paris attributes this accident to an "incident in the handling of products."

Mr. Speaker, you can therefore well appreciate the concern and anxiety that the residents of the settlement of Enterprise have, given that Polar Explosives have recently built a depot in the centre of the community to house ammonium nitrate. This facility was built with no consultation or discussion with the community leaders and seemingly little scrutiny from the territorial government officials.

Mr. Speaker, my information is that the disaster in Toulouse resulted in an explosion from a warehouse that housed 200 to 300 tonnes of ammonium nitrate. A report in News/North on Monday, February 25th states, "Polar Explosives built the depot to truck 23,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate this winter to diamond mines in one tonne bags."

Mr. Speaker, if only one percent of the amount of ammonium nitrate that is being shipped over the course of a year is stored...

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Storage Of Ammonium Nitrate In Enterprise

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 305

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. McLeod . Your time for your Member's statement is over. Mr. McLeod .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Storage Of Ammonium Nitrate In Enterprise

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 305

Michael McLeod

Deh Cho

Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to conclude my statement.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Storage Of Ammonium Nitrate In Enterprise

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 305

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you. The honourable Member is seeking unanimous consent to conclude his statement. Are there any nays? There are no nays. You may conclude your statement, Mr. McLeod .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Storage Of Ammonium Nitrate In Enterprise

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 305

Michael McLeod

Deh Cho

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I ask, what assurance can this government give to the residents of Enterprise that what happened in Toulouse will not happen here? What safety regulations are in place to ensure that this facility is a safe facility? What monitoring agency is responsible for ensuring that residents of Enterprise are not killed in an explosion similar to Toulouse?

It alarms me greatly, Mr. Speaker, to read of the seemingly slipshod manner in which the facility has been built. Mr. Speaker, the News/North report of February 25th states, and again I quote, "the depot was set up without safeguards, including a fire code requirement for fencing." This situation is quite intolerable, Mr. Speaker. There needs to be an immediate and thorough investigation into this facility in Enterprise and a complete report prepared. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

-- Applause

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Storage Of Ammonium Nitrate In Enterprise

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 305

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. McLeod . Item 3, Members' statements. The honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake , Mr. Roland .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Early Childhood Development

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 305

Floyd Roland

Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak on an initiative the Minister of Health and Social Services just spoke about, and that is early childhood development and the work of this government.

Mr. Speaker, it is an important area to focus on and try to help out as a government, to be out there doing our part to ensure that families start off in a healthy and secure environment.

Mr. Speaker, with a lot of the initiatives that have been started to date, one could say we were tinkering or working around the edges of media campaigns. I would be interested in how the Minister is going to respond when I ask him later about what is in a child development resource kit or a healthy family kit.

Mr. Speaker, the important thing is that we do have to give parents, especially new parents and those looking at families, information to understand what can occur during a pregnancy, because a lot of our problems in the Northwest Territories, we have heard it for a number of years now and there has been some work started in the area of FAS/FAE. It is something that we have to try and stop. It is something that is completely preventable if all of the precautions are taken. Mr. Speaker, it is not something that is hereditary. It is a result of one's actions while being pregnant.

Mr. Speaker, I have heard suggestions that as a government if we are going to really do something and really make a difference, we are going to have to get tough with how we treat and look at these situations. It is no longer good enough to work around the edges, so to speak, Mr. Speaker, we need to get to the core of the problem and start trying to do something as a government and possibly even look at legislation in some cases, to see what we can do as a government to prevent this kind of occurrence from continuing.

It would take strong political will to try and move in these areas because we would have the very same situation as trying to impose wills on people who have the freedom of choice when it comes to what they do and how they carry on with their own lives. Here in the Northwest Territories we have bad examples of what happens when mothers take to drinking while they are pregnant and the rest of society has to pick up the tab, so to speak, and try to work with those children who are left to deal with the problems that occur as a result of FAS/FAE. I will have questions for the Minister. Thank you.

-- Applause

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Early Childhood Development

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 305

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Roland . Item 3, Members' statements. The honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta , Mr. Krutko .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Resources To Support The Transfer Of Programs And Services

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 305

David Krutko

Mackenzie Delta

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, one of the biggest challenges we face in our communities is the delivery mechanisms for programs and services that we deliver on behalf of the Government of the Northwest Territories. The Government of the Northwest Territories has a program to transfer programs and services to communities. The current policy of the government is community empowerment programs.

The fault of the program is not the program. The program that transfers does not have enough resources to allow the communities to properly administer and deliver those programs and services for the residents of the Northwest Territories. The programs that have been transferred to date are income support workers, mental health workers, economic development officers and, in some cases, renewable resource officers.

Yet, Mr. Speaker, the programs that have been delivered have been delivered from 1994 onward and we have not seen increases in those amounts in over eight years. Mr. Speaker, the work that these people do is just as crucial as any government employee's is. The human resources that are needed to run these programs have to be qualified. The financial resources that we need to pay and accommodate these employees to carry out their responsibilities has to be adequate.

The transfer of community programs is there to improve social and economic conditions, not to burden them with a lack of people and a lack of resources. Mr. Speaker, the Government of the Northwest Territories' transfer of programs and services has forced communities, because of the lack of resources, to transfer those programs and services back to this government because of the inadequate resources to administer and hire the people to carry out those responsibilities.

Mr. Speaker, one of the key positions that I talk about is the mental health workers in our communities. The mental health workers program assists communities dealing with health and emotional matters such as suicide, alcohol and drug abuse, violence and looking at the problem we have with FAS/FAE in the communities.

Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to conclude my statement.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Resources To Support The Transfer Of Programs And Services

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 306

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you. The honourable Member is seeking unanimous consent to conclude his statement. Are there any nays? There are no nays. You may conclude your statement, Mr. Krutko .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Resources To Support The Transfer Of Programs And Services

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 306

David Krutko

Mackenzie Delta

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, these people have just as many rights as government employees in the Government of the Northwest Territories, but they do not have a union or someone there speaking for them. We hear about programs for pay equity, for equal pay for people who work within the Government of the Northwest Territories. The employees we have in our communities carry out the same responsibilities and the same duties as any government employee, either in the social services area or the health area.

Mr. Speaker, I think it is crucial that this government increases the amount of resources that it presently transfers to communities to ensure that those programs and services can be implemented and supplied with the financial means and the professional people to do them. At the appropriate time, Mr. Speaker, I will be asking the Minister of Health and Social Services questions on this matter. Thank you.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Resources To Support The Transfer Of Programs And Services

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 306

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Krutko . Item 3, Members' statements. The honourable Member for Tu Nedhe , Mr. Nitah .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Multi-use Recreational Facilities

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 306

Steven Nitah

Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, here in the Northwest Territories we agreed that we were going to work for healthy communities. However, Mr. Speaker, in most of our communities we do not have the facilities for exercise, a healthy environment where children and youth can hang out. The cost of development in the Northwest Territories is so high that when you do establish infrastructure in the communities it would be wise to look at different uses of that infrastructure.

In that light, Mr. Speaker, I was surprised to find out that the government does not have a multi-purpose facility program. I will be asking the Minister for Municipal and Community Affairs questions on that. In Lutselk'e, we are looking for an arena and we are hoping to add on a cafeteria, youth centre and a day care. It is very difficult. In Fort Resolution, the community and the youth are asking for a youth facility where they want to see a swimming pool and other facilities in there.

As a government, if we are going to provide infrastructure and the environment that is going to see a healthy environment for our young people to enjoy, then we as a government should have programs or policies that facilitate multi-use infrastructures. We cannot just have an arena or a school by itself, it just does not make sense. We should be able to build associate buildings so that we can use it for other purposes. An arena that will be used for three months out of the year is just not cost effective, Mr. Speaker. In that light, I am going to be asking the Minister responsible questions. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Multi-use Recreational Facilities

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 306

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Nitah . Item 3, Members' statements. The honourable Member for Range Lake , Ms. Lee .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Workers' Compensation Legislative Review Panel

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 306

Sandy Lee

Range Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to recognize and acknowledge the good work done by the WCB Legislative Review Panel in its review of the WCB legislation. Mr. Speaker, this panel submitted its final report in December 2001 and public input is being sought on the report.

The report, Mr. Speaker, is titled, Act Now, and it says a lot. It is also significant to note it is an acronym for Accountable to stakeholders, Compensation that is fair, Transparency in decision making, Non-adversarial adjudication not litigation, Operations that are respectful and responsive, Workplace safety to prevent work-related injuries.

Having participated in some of these meetings, Mr. Speaker, I believe these are very clear and meaningful headlines that reflect closely what the stakeholders were telling the panel. I have had a chance to review the report itself and I appreciated very much the informative and organized way in which the report sticks to what the panel heard from the stakeholders. I also found it very helpful to read the background statements and the context the panel is giving to what conclusions it is arriving at from the information and the input they heard from the public.

Mr. Speaker, I believe this is a very good piece of work and the chairperson, Ms. Louise Vertes and the panel members are to be recognized and congratulated for the good work and the commitment they have shown in this work. At the same time, Mr. Speaker, I would like to urge both Ministers responsible for the WCB in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut to push this important work forward and to implement the findings and the recommendations in the report as much as and as soon as possible. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

-- Applause

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Workers' Compensation Legislative Review Panel

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 307

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Ms. Lee . Item 3, Members' statements. The honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes , Mr. Allen .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Inuvik Twin Lakes Arctic Winter Games Participants

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 307

Roger Allen

Inuvik Twin Lakes

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, while I was watching the closing ceremonies of the 19th Winter Olympic Games it provided me with some memorable thoughts of the 1972 Winter Olympic Games in which I participated. The memory of the atmosphere and the new friendships that were developed of which some remain today.

One important way of keeping the Olympic flame glowing in the minds of our young athletes is to give them the opportunity to compete in games of their own. Mr. Speaker, today I want to convey that very real message to my young constituents of Inuvik Twin Lakes who are destined to participate in the Arctic Winter Games in Nuuk, Greenland or in Iqaluit, Nunavut.

I want to personally congratulate and extend my most heartfelt good wishes to the Inuvik Twin Lakes competitors in each of the following categories: in speed skating, Alyssa Carpenter and Chris Lennie; in hockey, Kelly McLeod and Phillip Harry; Arctic sports, Paden Gordon-Ruben; dog mushing, Josephine Arey; cross-country skiing, Shaylene Allen.

Part of the mission's staff and regional coordinator is Theresa Ross, who is now scheduled to participate in the Arctic Winter Games as an official.

Mr. Speaker, these games provide enormous motivation for the competitors from my riding of Inuvik Twin Lakes and I know they will do very well. Like the 19th Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, the Arctic Winter Games will inspire these athletes to compete in their own circumpolar games, develop new friendships and they too in the future will pass a similar torch onto others.

I want to wish the athletes from my riding of Inuvik Twin Lakes the very best of luck and do enjoy the competitions whether you are in Nuuk or Iqaluit. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

-- Applause

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Inuvik Twin Lakes Arctic Winter Games Participants

Item 3: Members' Statements

Page 307

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Allen . Item 3, Members' statements. Item 4, returns to oral questions. The honourable Premier , Mr. Kakfwi .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Return To Question 58-14(5): Fairness In The Public Service

Item 4: Returns To Oral Questions

Item 4: Returns To Oral Questions

Page 307

Stephen Kakfwi

Sahtu

Mr. Speaker, I have a return to an oral question asked by Mrs. Groenewegen on Monday, February 25, 2002, regarding revisions to the Affirmative Action Policy.

The Grant Thornton report, provided to Members in January 2001, recommended a move from the Affirmative Action Policy to an employment equity approach. This recommendation has been accepted but will take some time to implement. Initial research to determine best practices and the most appropriate way to make this change is underway. This work includes reviewing previous work such as the report of the working group on affirmative action and human resource management and other reviews of the Affirmative Action Policy. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Return To Question 58-14(5): Fairness In The Public Service

Item 4: Returns To Oral Questions

Item 4: Returns To Oral Questions

Page 307

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Premier . Item 4, returns to oral questions. Item 5, recognition of visitors in the gallery. The honourable Member for Yellowknife Centre , Mr. Ootes .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Item 5: Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery

Item 5: Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery

Page 307

Jake Ootes

Yellowknife Centre

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to recognize Jennifer Tilden who is with the CBC here in Yellowknife and reports on matters throughout the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Thank you.

-- Applause

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Item 5: Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery

Item 5: Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery

Page 307

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Ootes . Item 5, recognition of visitors in the gallery. Welcome to the visitor's gallery. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for North Slave , Mr. Lafferty .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 307

Leon Lafferty

North Slave

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Honourable Joe Handley , Minister of Transportation . I would like to ask the Minister, with all of the activity going on with ammonium nitrate being stored and shipped and other chemicals on our highways, the community of Edzo is right on the highway. If a toxic substance accident were to happen, depending on the wind, it could wipe out the whole community.

I would like to ask the Minister, would he start looking at changing some of the Transportation Act relating to the storage of dangerous chemicals? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 307

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty . The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Transportation, Mr. Handley .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Return To Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 307

Joe Handley

Weledeh

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my responsibility in Transportation on this matter will be with the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act and the regulations that are part of that piece of legislation. Certainly, if there are specific issues that can be better handled with regard to transporting ammonium nitrate and other toxins I would be very much open to reviewing the legislation. Thank you.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Return To Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 307

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Lafferty .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 307

Leon Lafferty

North Slave

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In changing this act, I would like to ask the Minister if he could start looking at how large, big and wide loads are transported, the distance they have to travel apart and the speed limit that they should travel at considering our narrow roads which we do not expect to have completed for five years. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 308

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty . The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Transportation, Mr. Handley .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 308

Joe Handley

Weledeh

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The issues with regard to highway speeds, transportation of wide loads, oversized loads and so on falls within the Highways Act, not the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act. I am certainly open to looking at that continually.

Each year before the winter season starts, we hold a number of meetings with the truckers and with the mines on what is being transported and we will continue to do everything we can to improve the safety and expediency of those materials. Thank you.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 308

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Lafferty .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 308

Leon Lafferty

North Slave

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am not sure. The Minister seems to have two roles or just one role and is referring to another one with a different act. I am not sure what he is referring to when he is saying he is only responsible for the trucking part. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 308

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty . The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Transportation, Mr. Handley .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 308

Joe Handley

Weledeh

Mr. Speaker, yes, in answering the question, there are two pieces of legislation. The honourable Member asked about transportation of dangerous goods. That is under the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act. If there are ways of improving that, I would be happy to do that.

When we deal with issues like the speed the trucks are travelling and the hours they carry extra-wide or oversized loads, that is a different piece of legislation, but I am certainly open to looking at both of those pieces of legislation if it can improve the safety and the use of our highways. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 308

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Final supplementary, Mr. Lafferty .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 308

Leon Lafferty

North Slave

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister if we can work on this as soon as possible because we know that traffic is increasing, capacity is increasing, loads are coming more often, so if we can work on this as soon as possible, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 308

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty . The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Transportation, Mr. Handley .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 308

Joe Handley

Weledeh

Mr. Speaker, yes, we are in the middle of our trucking season for hauling materials up to the mines. I know my department is meeting almost on a daily basis with either the truckers or the mines, with communities, with whoever is dealing with specific issues, so they are dealing with that on a daily basis. If there are specific issues of any community then I would certainly like to talk on those ones.

When it comes to reviewing our legislation, I would like to meet with the truckers once they are over their busiest period and have time to do so and look to see whether or not there are things that we should be changing in the legislation. Thank you.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Question 122-14(5): Storage And Transportation Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 308

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Deh Cho , Mr. McLeod .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 308

Michael McLeod

Deh Cho

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question today is for the Honourable Vince Steen , Minister of MACA , regarding the storage of ammonium nitrate. I would like to ask the Minister, can he tell us what the requirements are to set up a facility and depot for the storage of dangerous goods in the communities? What are the regulations? Thank you.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 308

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. McLeod . The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Steen .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Return To Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 308

Vince Steen

Nunakput

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there are two separate pieces of legislation that could be used to control the storage of dangerous goods. One is under the City, Towns and Villages Act. Municipalities may put in place by-laws to control the storage. Secondly, the storage of dangerous goods is regulated by Municipal and Community Affairs under the National Fire Code of Canada. So under either one of these pieces of legislation the storage of dangerous goods would be addressed. Thank you.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Return To Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 308

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. McLeod .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 308

Michael McLeod

Deh Cho

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister, could he tell me if the community of Enterprise is in a position to pass such by-laws as he has indicated?

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 308

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. McLeod . The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Steen .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 308

Vince Steen

Nunakput

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am not sure whether Enterprise would have the authority to pass the by-law. That is where the fire code would kick in. It would be under that legislation that the storage would come into play. In this particular case of Enterprise, the assistant fire marshal went in there in December and inspected the storage facilities of RTL. There were a number of deficiencies found. RTL was advised in writing of the deficiencies.

RTL responded accordingly by improving the storage to prevent access by anyone, providing a spill control contingency plan for the product, and preparing an emergency plan and procedures, which are prominently posted in the outdoor storage site.

Since that time, the assistant fire marshal has been into the community on three separate occasions and is satisfied that the facilities now meet the standards of the fire code.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 309

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. McLeod .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 309

Michael McLeod

Deh Cho

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As the Minister has indicated, the fire marshal assistant has been to the community at the request of the community on three different occasions. The community, however, is not satisfied. I would like to ask the Minister, can the fire marshal allow the companies to bypass the requirements as per the legislation when it comes to temporary facilities? The facility in Enterprise is certainly not under lock and key and is not in an enclosed area. Can you tell me if there are other rules for the temporary storage?

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 309

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. McLeod . The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Steen .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 309

Vince Steen

Nunakput

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I will have the department respond to me on what the fire marshal can and cannot do as far as allowing for temporary storage, but I believe the report I have suggests that the storage is now meeting the standards of the fire code. Thank you.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 309

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Final supplementary, Mr. McLeod .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 309

Michael McLeod

Deh Cho

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister if he would consider it as my understanding now is that all that is required is a fire permit or a fire certificate from the fire marshal to set up a depot. I believe that there should be stronger legislation to enforce the handling and the storage of facilities in the community.

I would like to ask the Minister, would he consider legislation that would require storage facility certification in order to set up a depot? Thank you.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 309

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. McLeod . The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Steen .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 309

Vince Steen

Nunakput

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as the honourable Minister for Transportation indicated before, this whole issue of transporting large quantities of dangerous goods at one time is coming to the point where we have to review all the legislation pertaining to this. I would most certainly have the department involved in this see whether or not we are in fact addressing the concerns of the community and meeting the standards set out in the National Fire Code of Canada. Thank you.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Question 123-14(5): Criteria For Storage Of Dangerous Goods

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 309

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Frame Lake , Mr. Dent .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Question 124-14(5): Affirmative Action And Employment Equity

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 309

Charles Dent

Frame Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Premier and it is in relation to his reply to the oral question asked by Mrs. Groenewegen that he made today. Could the Premier advise the House, what is the difference between the Affirmative Action Policy and employment equity?

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Question 124-14(5): Affirmative Action And Employment Equity

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 309

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Dent . The honourable Premier , Mr. Kakfwi .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Return To Question 124-14(5): Affirmative Action And Employment Equity

Question 124-14(5): Affirmative Action And Employment Equity

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 309

Stephen Kakfwi

Sahtu

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will take that question as notice. Thank you.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Return To Question 124-14(5): Affirmative Action And Employment Equity

Question 124-14(5): Affirmative Action And Employment Equity

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 309

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you. The question has been taken as notice. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta , Mr. Krutko .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 309

David Krutko

Mackenzie Delta

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, regarding my Member's statement, I believe this government has to do more when it transfers programs and services to our communities. In order for it to work, they need adequate resources, both human and financial.

I would like to ask the Minister of Health and Social Services a question regarding the mental health workers positions that have been transferred to communities since 1994. Mr. Speaker, it has been over eight years. To date, the amount that has been spent, set in 1994, is $50,000. That is what the communities receive.

Mr. Speaker, mental health workers play a key role in our communities, especially with the high number of suicides, alcohol and drug abuse, and mental problems that we find in our communities. I would like to ask the Minister, is your department looking at trying to bring this injustice to order by allowing increases to bring their salaries and wages in line with other professions doing similar work?

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 309

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Krutko . The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Return To Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 310

Michael Miltenberger

Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this issue is going to be addressed through the Addictions, Mental Health and Family Violence Strategy. It has been raised a number of times. It was raised when we reviewed the main estimates. It has been raised in relation as well to the alcohol and drug workers. There is a very clear recognition that there is a discrepancy between what is paid for NGO staff and what is currently paid to GNWT staff. We are going to try to start to address that in that strategy. Thank you.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Return To Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 310

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Krutko .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 310

David Krutko

Mackenzie Delta

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, these employees have been waiting over eight years to see their wages increase. I would hope that they do not wait another eight years. How soon can we see an increase in the wages of the mental health workers in our communities?

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 310

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Krutko . The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 310

Michael Miltenberger

Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the intent is to have a strategy done by this spring and a subsequent action plan in place before summer. Thank you.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 310

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Krutko .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 310

David Krutko

Mackenzie Delta

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I believe I heard the Minister state that he had hoped to have it in place by this summer. I would like to ask the Minister, will that also include such things as benefits which are presently delivered to other professions within the government?

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 310

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Krutko . The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 310

Michael Miltenberger

Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this strategy will attempt to identify and address a host of issues as they pertain to addictions, mental health and family violence and the need for adequate resourcing, the kind of service that is currently delivered and improvements that may be required in terms of qualifications, in terms of standards, in terms of the gap, as indicated already, between NGO staff and what is paid to GNWT staff. Thank you.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 310

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Final supplementary, Mr. Krutko .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 310

David Krutko

Mackenzie Delta

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister commit to make it retroactive from April 1st of this fiscal year? If it is going to come to effect this summer, that he makes it retroactive from April 1st.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 310

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Krutko . The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 310

Michael Miltenberger

Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I commit to clearly keeping in mind the suggestion from the Member as we look at the final draft, the final work being put into this strategy. Thank you.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Question 125-14(5): Transfer Of Mental Health Workers To Communities

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 310

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Tu Nedhe , Mr. Nitah .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 310

Steven Nitah

Tu Nedhe

Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for Minister Steen in his capacity of Minister responsible for Public Works . With Public Works being the department that oversees most of government infrastructure programs, I would like to ask the Minister, does the department have a program that has more than one facility, more of a multi-usage facility program within the department? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 310

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Nitah . The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Public Works and Services, Mr. Steen .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Return To Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 310

Vince Steen

Nunakput

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I think the question is probably better addressed to my responsibilities as the Minister for Municipal and Community Affairs . MACA does not have any program in place to fund multi-purpose complexes at this time. It is still in the discussion stage at this point and it depends on what kind of direction we receive from the Assembly on this. Thank you.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Return To Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 310

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Nitah .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 310

Steven Nitah

Tu Nedhe

Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I apologize to the Minister if I chose the wrong department under his responsibility. Can I ask the Minister, if there is no program now and there is discussion, how long have these discussions been going on and when can we expect something from the department on a program? Thank you.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 310

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Nitah . The honourable Minister responsible for MACA , Mr. Steen .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 311

Vince Steen

Nunakput

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have been discussing this issue with my department. This is not a new initiative that is being proposed by any one community. It has been in the works for a while, but what has to be addressed is if it is a multi-purpose complex, then the community has to address the O and M funding after the complex is built. They have to address where the O and M funding would come from. For instance, if it involves some social programs in the complex, then the proposal would have to show some funding coming from that department as well.

Therefore, it is not just a matter of the capital funding. It is a matter of the O and M funding as well. The department says it is not as easy as it sounds to address the proposed program. Thank you.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 311

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Nitah .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 311

Steven Nitah

Tu Nedhe

Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, if it is the O and M that is a problem, and if it is a social program, most of these facilities are used in communities to provide programs and services on behalf of this government. I cannot see it being such a big problem that you do not build multi-use facilities if you are worried about O and M. Can the Minister tell us, in his discussion with his department, is he discussing this with other departments that might be considered for paying for some of the O and M?

For example, you build an arena and put in a youth facility or a day care. You are going to need the Department of Education, Culture and Employment or possibly Health and Social Services. In his discussions, is he talking with those departments and other departments? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 311

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Nitah . The honourable Minister responsible for MACA , Mr. Steen .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 311

Vince Steen

Nunakput

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, if the complex was in fact designed for more than one use, in other words, from the recreation aspect of it, MACA would fund that. That would include funding for utilities. However, if the complex was designed in such a manner that it also can accommodate some social programs like day care or whatever else the community wants to design it for, then some of that capital funding would have to come from those programs as well. Furthermore, the community would be expected to obtain the O and M funding for that aspect of the programs in the building from the other departments. That part has to be sorted out. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 311

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Final supplementary, Mr. Nitah .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 311

Steven Nitah

Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, knowing the cost of building in the Northwest Territories is extremely high, the cost of fuel which we use to provide us power and electricity and so on, is high as well as the cost of transportation for transporting materials to and from the construction site is high. I am thinking, in light of all that, it would be common sense for the government to speak to each other on how they could cost-share construction costs and O and M costs, so you could construct more than one facility.

Can I get a commitment from the Minister that he will talk with other government departments to look at cost sharing on capital and cost-sharing on O and M? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 311

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Nitah . The honourable Minister responsible for MACA , Mr. Steen .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 311

Vince Steen

Nunakput

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as the Minister for MACA , I most certainly would follow up on the suggestion. I do agree with the Member that it is a good initiative and there would be cost savings in the long run. I will follow up on whether or not we can have some kind of a multi-complex funding program. Thank you.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Question 126-14(5): Multi-purpose Community Complexes

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 311

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake , Mr. Roland .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 311

Floyd Roland

Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question at this time will be directed to the Minister of Health and Social Services , in light of his Minister's statement and my own Member's statement in a similar area.

Mr. Speaker, I believe that in this fiscal year we are in, approximately $2 million, in that range, has been identified for early childhood development programs. My understanding is that it has just been recently that some of those dollars have started to be expended. They have been expended by the department itself, not non-government organizations.

I am interested in the area of early childhood development and what this department is doing. First of all, Mr. Speaker, I would like to know what is included in his child development resource kits or his healthy family kits? Thank you.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 311

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Roland . The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Return To Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 311

Michael Miltenberger

Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in the child development resource kits, this is a kit that will allow the child development support workers to help stimulate parent-child interaction and to provide assistance for children with developmental delays.

The kit will consist of toys to stimulate the children's physical, sensory and cognitive development. For example, stacking blocks, books, dressing dolls, crayons and puzzles, et cetera. The design is to have 75 kits distributed to community health centres or public health units by May or June of 2002.

Mr. Speaker, in regard to the healthy family learning kits, we are looking at a series of six healthy family learning kits which will be put out to families during the key developmental milestones of children and when children come out for vaccinations the distribution will begin with newborns. The first prenatal kit is scheduled for completion in April 2002. The kits will be age appropriate and will include activity cards with games, songs and other activities parents can do with their children.

Each item in the kit will help promote key messages to reinforce healthy behaviour. Thank you.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Return To Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 312

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Roland .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 312

Floyd Roland

Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Minister said age-appropriate kits, especially the healthy family kits and the first package will be out in April, but he did not say what was age appropriate. What is it, for example, in the prenatal kit?

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 312

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Roland . The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Health and Social Services, Mr. Miltenberger .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 312

Michael Miltenberger

Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, with the prenatal it is going to be information for the mother, healthy pregnancy key messaging such as refraining from drinking, proper diet and exercise. From birth to six months we are going to be giving out information on developmental milestones, what the parents should look for, what the mother should look for.

We are going to give a diaper bag. We are going to give out more information in terms of what should be done to ensure that the child is given the appropriate care and attention. We are going to have fridge magnets with appropriate messages. We want to make sure that there is as much information as possible for the parents of a newborn. Thank you.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 312

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Roland .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 312

Floyd Roland

Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is good to know diaper bags and fridge magnets will be going out there with information for mothers, but is there anything further that the department will be doing to try and deal with the issue of childhood development, especially prenatal? Thank you.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 312

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Roland . The honourable Minister responsible for Health , Mr. Miltenberger .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 312

Michael Miltenberger

Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, very clearly these are just tools. There is going to be work with the family visitors, the child development workers. There is going to be the work that is done as a matter of course, prenatal work done with public health. There is going to be the tie in with social workers and with Education. This is not just an isolated issue or delivery of specific equipment, but it is tied in with the broad range of support that the department, along with Education, already provides in the communities. Thank you.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 312

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Final supplementary, Mr. Roland .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 312

Floyd Roland

Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Is any of this money being used by non-government organizations or is it all by the department? Thank you.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Supplementary To Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 312

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. The honourable Minister responsible for Health and Social Services , Mr. Miltenberger .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 312

Michael Miltenberger

Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it will be a combination. The intent is to partner up with the Literacy Council. The intent is to make use of home care and continuing care services that are in the communities which, in many cases, are done on a contract basis. There will be a combination, a blending of services and a blending of resources for this delivery. Thank you.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Further Return To Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Question 127-14(5): Early Childhood Development Programs

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 312

The Speaker

Tony Whitford

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Range Lake , Ms. Lee .

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Question 128-14(5): Update On WCB Review Panel Report

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 312

Sandy Lee

Range Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question today is for the Minister responsible for the WCB . I am just wondering if the Minister could update the House on the panel review report and what he has been working on since the release of the report. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Please select the issue you noticed * :

Misattribution

Formatting

Missing Words

Other

If Other, please indicate the problem: (Optional)

Submit

Thanks!

We'll take a look into it.

Sorry!

There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later.

Copy Copied

Question 128-14(5): Update On WCB Review Panel Report

Item 6: Oral Questions

Page 312