Mahsi. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Abstentions? The motion is carried. MLA for Yellowknife North.

Mr. Chair, I move that this committee recommends to the Government of the Northwest Territories that all departments have in place support for Indigenous employees and look to the Indigenous patient advocates positions implemented by the Department of Health and Social Services as a model to how to provide support; work with the Indigenous employee advisory committee and the diversity inclusion unit to provide support; offer pathways to leave to access counselling and addiction services; and, apply trauma-informed language and practices as a norm. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mahsi. The motion is in order. To the motion.

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

---Carried

MLA Yellowknife North.

Mr. Chair, I move that this committee recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories includes in the Indigenous Recruitment and Retention Framework support in finding housing at the new job site for Indigenous employees who are relocating to take a government position or move within government; provide a moving allowance for Indigenous employees relocating to other communities; offer education leave to help Indigenous employees to finish any education that was not completed before employment with the guarantee to remain in the public service at a minimal return to the same job level; offer education leave to Indigenous employees to support their career goals and interests and help expand their opportunities. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mahsi. The motion is in order. MLA Inuvik Twin Lakes.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, with the second -- or the -- sorry, with the third bullet, the education leave to help Indigenous employees to finish any education. Sometimes we have Indigenous employees that get into frontline positions, they may have, you know, some education, and then when they apply to -- for educational -- education leave, they're denied because they say well, you're already in this job and you don't need any more education to do the job. And then education leave is denied. And so some -- and so, and then when we look at the next one, we have people that are in frontline jobs who maybe say if they start off as an office admin, and they want to -- you know, they want to move up in their career so they want to go back and get their business diploma, and then they want to go back and get their business degree, you know, as they come back, but they should have secure employment to go back to at least what they left. So that way they have the opportunity for succession planning within the department that they're starting in. This is a way we can grow our Indigenous, you know, staff, especially out in the regions. So, like, that's what this recommendation is indicating. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mahsi. Yellowknife North.

Yeah, thank you, Mr. Chair. In Nunavut, a beneficiary can apply at any time to a job that a non-beneficiary has, and if they get it they remove that person. Committee didn't quite go that far. But we're thinking -- but we want the same level of planning with P1s, that if you have a non-P1 position in the government, the succession planning should be to put a P1 in that position and there should be a complete plan to make sure they have the education and they are trained and they are identified to get into that position. So thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mahsi. The motion is in order. To the motion.

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

---Carried

MLA Yellowknife North.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I move that the Government of the Northwest Territories provide a response to this report within 120 days. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mahsi. The motion is in order. To the motion.

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

---Carried

Mahsi, committee. Do you agree that you have concluded consideration of Committee Report 51-19(2)?

Mahsi, committee. We have concluded consideration of Committee Report 51-19(2), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on Indigenous Representation in the Northwest Territories Public Service. Mahsi.

Member for Kam Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move that the chair rise and report progress.

There is a motion on the floor to report progress. The motion is in order and non-debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

I will now rise and report progress. Mahsi.

May I please have the report of Committee of the Whole. Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes.