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The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

Thank you. The motion is in order. To the motion?

Some Hon. Members

Question.

The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? All those abstaining? The motion is carried. Thank you.

---Carried

Mr. Bonnetrouge.

Ronald Bonnetrouge

Ronald Bonnetrouge Deh Cho

Mahsi, Madam Chair.

I MOVE that this committee recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories make hunter education a requirement in the kindergarten to grade 12 NWT education curriculum. Mahsi, Madam Chair.

The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

The motion is in order. To the motion?

Some Hon. Members

Question.

The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? All those abstaining? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Mr. Bonnetrouge.

Ronald Bonnetrouge

Ronald Bonnetrouge Deh Cho

Mahsi, Madam Chair.

I MOVE that this committee recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories expand section 98 of the Wildlife Act to require consideration of community conservation plans when determining allocation of harvests for wildlife and that written reasons be required for all decisions on harvest allocations. Mahsi, Madam Chair.

The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

The motion is in order. To the motion?

Some Hon. Members

Question.

The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? All those abstaining? The motion is carried.

---Carried

Mr. Bonnetrouge.

Ronald Bonnetrouge

Ronald Bonnetrouge Deh Cho

Mahsi, Madam Chair.

I MOVE that this committee recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories work with Indigenous governments and renewable resource boards to identify appropriate culturally-grounded processes for enforcement using alternative measures which include restorative justice models. Mahsi, Madam Chair.

The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

The motion is in order. To the motion?

Some Hon. Members

Question.

The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? All those abstaining? Motion is carried.

---Carried

Mr. Bonnetrouge.

Ronald Bonnetrouge

Ronald Bonnetrouge Deh Cho

Mahsi, Madam Chair.

I MOVE that this committee recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories establish a role for Indigenous guardians in legislation. Mahsi, Madam Chair.

The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

The motion is in order. To the motion? Member for Frame Lake.

Kevin O'Reilly

Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake

Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. So there's an expansive coverage of this in the committee report about the economic benefits of guardians and conservation areas and so on. They're not really "sacrifice zones", as I think I heard earlier in the House but they do bring their own sets of benefits. And I don't think that this -- what's been suggested here is that there necessarily needs to be separate legislation but I think that there's probably ways in which the guardians can be recognized in the existing Wildlife Act, and perhaps Species at Risk Act, in terms of the contribution that they can make in terms of monitoring and research in particular. Thanks, Madam Chair.

The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

Thank you. To the motion?

Some Hon. Members

Question.

The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? All those abstaining? Motion is carried.

---Carried

Mr. Bonnetrouge.

Ronald Bonnetrouge

Ronald Bonnetrouge Deh Cho

Mahsi, Madam Chair.

I MOVE that this committee recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories create a funding program to establish and maintain Indigenous guardian programs in communities and that multiyear funding be available to employ people in small communities. Mahsi, Madam Chair.

The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

The motion is in order. To the motion?

Some Hon. Members

Question.

The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? All those abstaining? Motion is carried.

---Carried

Mr. Bonnetrouge.