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NORTHWEST TERRITORIES LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 4th Session Day 11 15th Assembly HANSARD Monday, October 17, 2005 Pages 293 - 336 The Honourable Paul Delorey, Speaker Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories Members of the Legislative Assembly Speaker Hon. Paul Delorey (Hay River North) Hon. Brendan Bell Mr. Robert Hawkins Hon. J. Michael Miltenberger (Yellowknife South) (Yellowknife Centre) (Thebacha) Minister of Justice Minister of Health and Social Services Minister of Industry, Tourism Minister of Environment and and Investment Hon. David Krutko Natural Resources (Mackenzie-Delta) Minister responsible for Persons Minister responsible for the Mr. Bill Braden with Disabilities NWT Housing Corporation Minister responsible for Seniors (Great Slave) Minister responsible for the NWT Power Corporation Hon. Charles Dent Mr. Calvin Pokiak (Frame Lake) Mr. Jackson Lafferty (Nunakput) Government House Leader (Monfwi) Minister of Education, Culture and Mr. David Ramsay Employment Ms. Sandy Lee (Kam Lake) Minister responsible for the Status of Women (Range Lake) Minister responsible for the Hon. Floyd Roland Workers' Compensation Board Hon. Michael McLeod (Inuvik Boot Lake) (Deh Cho) Deputy Premier Mrs. Jane Groenewegen Minister of Transportation Minister of Finance Minister of Municipal and Community Minister responsible for the Financial (Hay River South) Management Board Secretariat Affairs Minister responsible for the Minister of Public Works and Services Hon. Joe Handley Public Utilities Board (Weledeh) Minister responsible for Youth Mr. Robert Villeneuve Premier (Tu Nedhe) Minister of the Executive Minister of Aboriginal Affairs Mr. Robert McLeod Minister responsible for (Inuvik Twin Lakes) Mr. Norman Yakeleya Intergovernmental Affairs (Sahtu) Minister responsible for the Mr. Kevin Menicoche Intergovernmental Forum (Nahendeh) Officers Clerk of the Legislative Assembly Mr. Tim Mercer Deputy Clerk Clerk of Committees Assistant Clerk Law Clerks Mr. Doug Schauerte Mr. Dave Inch Mr. Darrin Ouellette Mr. Glen Boyd Ms. Kelly Payne Box 1320 Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Tel: (867) 669-2200 Fax: (867) 920-4735 Toll-Free: 1-800-661-0784 http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca Published under the authority of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories TABLE OF CONTENTS PRAYER ................................................................................................................................................................................293 MINISTERS' STATEMENTS ..................................................................................................................................................293 38-15(4) - RCMP DRUG ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY ..............................................................................................................293 39-15(4) - SAMUEL HEARNE SECONDARY SCHOOL .............................................................................................................293 MEMBERS' STATEMENTS....................................................................................................................................................294 MR. YAKELEYA ON WILDERNESS CAMPS ............................................................................................................................294 MRS. GROENEWEGEN ON FUNDING FOR NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS ......................................................................294 MR. BRADEN ON PRE-BUDGET CONSULTATION ...................................................................................................................295 MR. ROBERT MCLEOD ON PRE-BUDGET CONSULTATION .....................................................................................................295 MR. LAFFERTY ON ON-THE-LAND CORRECTIONS PROGRAMS ...............................................................................................296 MR. VILLENEUVE ON HEALTH SERVICES IN TU NEDHE .........................................................................................................296 MR. RAMSAY ON PRE-BUDGET CONSULTATION ...................................................................................................................296 MR. POKIAK ON INADEQUATE SCHOOL FACILITIES IN PAULATUK ...........................................................................................296 MR. HAWKINS ON FUNDING FOR NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS ..................................................................................297 MR. MENICOCHE ON PRE-BUDGET CONSULTATION .............................................................................................................297 MS. LEE ON PRE-BUDGET CONSULTATION..........................................................................................................................298 RECOGNITION OF VISITORS IN THE GALLERY .................................................................................................................298 ORAL QUESTIONS ....................................................................................................................................................... 299, 311 WRITTEN QUESTIONS .........................................................................................................................................................317 REPORTS OF STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES ....................................................................................................317 TABLING OF DOCUMENTS ..................................................................................................................................................332 CONSIDERATION IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE OF BILLS AND OTHER MATTERS ..................................................333 REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE .........................................................................................................................335 THIRD READING OF BILLS ..................................................................................................................................................335 BILL 8 - AN ACT TO AMEND THE REVOLVING FUNDS ACT .....................................................................................................335 ORDERS OF THE DAY ..........................................................................................................................................................335 October 17, 2005 NORTHWEST TERRITORIES HANSARD Page 293 YELLOWKNIFE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES Monday, October 17, 2005 Members Present Honourable Brendan Bell, Mr. Braden, Honourable Paul Delorey, Honourable Charles Dent, Mrs. Groenewegen, Honourable Joe Handley, Mr. Hawkins, Honourable David Krutko, Mr. Lafferty, Ms. Lee, Honourable Michael McLeod, Mr. McLeod, Mr. Menicoche, Honourable Michael Miltenberger, Mr. Pokiak, Mr. Ramsay, Honourable Floyd Roland, Mr. Villeneuve, Mr. Yakeleya ITEM 1: PRAYER As with any social issue, the fight against drugs requires us to work together and, Mr. Speaker, this government is ---Prayer taking a lead role. A number of departments, including Health and Social Services; Education, Culture and SPEAKER (Hon. Paul Delorey): Good afternoon, Employment; Justice; the Workers’ Compensation Board; colleagues. Welcome back to the House. Orders of the the RCMP, and industry will hold a strategic planning day, item 2, Ministers’ statements. The honourable workshop in November to develop a comprehensive and Minister of Justice, Mr. Bell. coordinated drug awareness campaign for the NWT. ITEM 2: MINISTERS’ STATEMENTS Mr. Speaker, in closing, I congratulate the RCMP on the success of a long and demanding operation, and thank Minister’s Statement 38-15(4): RCMP Drug them for their commitment to making our communities Enforcement Activity safer for all of us. Our government will continue to support and work closely with the RCMP to make sure HON. BRENDAN BELL: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. those who would supply illegal drugs to our communities Speaker, it is an honour today, on behalf of the are not welcome in the NWT, and their activities are not government and people of the Northwest Territories, to tolerated. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. congratulate the RCMP on their actions to fight drug trafficking in our communities. ---Applause ---Applause MR. SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr. Bell. Item 2, Ministers’ statements. The honourable Minister of Education, Since April 2004, “G” division’s federal drug enforcement Culture and Employment, Mr. Dent. section has been investigating high level drug supply and distribution in the Northwest Territories. This project, code Minster’s Statement 39-15(4): Samuel Hearne named “Gunship,” culminated in a series of arrests late Secondary School last week. These arrests mark the end of the covert phase of the project, but are not the end of the HON. CHARLES DENT: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good investigation, which is ongoing. This is a major step afternoon. Mr. Speaker. Over the past few weeks, the forward for the RCMP in reducing the main supply lines students attending high school programs in Inuvik were that bring drugs and their destructive effects into our given a clear demonstration from the community that their communities. education ranks high in their town’s priorities. In just one week, following the closure of the secondary school, I’m pleased to join with the RCMP in announcing a one- alternate facilities were set up in order to create classroom year pilot project to reallocate existing resources to form a spaces and provide for the continuation of learning street