The Dehcho Bridge headline every week is: Dehcho Bridge work stopped. Next, bridge builders mum on talks? Next, "Bridge builders may lose control," July 3, 2009. I told you so.

You never put an ex-bureaucrat in charge of building anything. Did they rush too fast in planning the bridge construction? Did they search companies who build bridges like the Prince Edward Island's Bridge? Where ice is concerned, that mighty Great Slave Lake and Mackenzie River ice is powerful at break up in the spring time.

And, what is Andrew Gamble's background in bridge building? You can't blame him, once again, we must put the blame on GNWT.

On June 29, the headline, bridge design reviewed. The total budget so far is $170 million. They claim that they are quite satisfied. Bureaucrats scratch each other's backs, we all know that. Look at all the ex-government consultants - they have the inside track and we are not dumb. We know the whole stinking world of government.

We civilians would turn a blind eye to all of the government corruptions, if they would at least go that extra mile to fight for us and make life affordable - get me out of isolation for heaven's sakes.

Hey, what's this, five teachers leaving McPherson? This is a good reason to mentor and entice the local students to go into teaching professions.

Leaders and MLAs keep pushing language all of the time. They should do everything they can to entice the aboriginal students into the much needed professions of teaching, nursing, being doctors, engineers, etc.

I think the whole business of the 11 languages business should be re-visited in the NWT. They have been pouring millions and millions into it.

They are no farther ahead than when they began years ago. They only way people might get interested in language is if you put a challenge out to them. At one time, I suggested to the chiefs that we should get the government to create jobs for older and able bodied older people.

Those people who are between 45 and 65 - most in that group are not educated enough and too young for old age pension. This group could be taught to teach the languages the way they see fit. The big plus is they can earn a wage. Or another way to learn the language is: put out a big huge competition with a first prize of $20,000 for the family that speaks the language the best. Second prize should be $15,000 and third prize should be $10,000. You will see the results fast. Everyone would try to out do each other.

And don't worry about the money. Compared to the millions and millions spent on languages ever since when, that money is wasted. We can set up prizes in each region and save money. And, we should throw out the official language act. I don't think they should blame the residential schools for losing their languages. The nuns taught us English in the classroom and French. We had French classroom and aboriginal class, where we learned the aboriginal language alphabet.

My sister Muriel said she learned the same thing. And you don't lose your language unless you are ashamed to speak it. It's all up to you as individuals.

Muriel is visiting me from Kelowna, B.C. She says it's the land of milk and honey. Sure good to see her.

I wish she and Bob would move to Norman Wells. But we are isolated in Sahtu and no one wants to move here.