Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm confident that the timeliness will improve. I'm not sure if the issue at large will be corrected. Across Canada, governments are struggling to fulfill these ATIP requests. Because of the parameters around them, they're very labour intensive. They take a lot of resources. And I recall conversations back in the 18th Assembly when this legislation was being considered, and we really shot for the moon. I was on the standing committee with the Member from Range Lake that is -- back then it was Kam Lake -- and, you know, we did push for these tight timelines and we got them. And now I'm in the position of having to fulfill them and realizing that they're just -- they're not feasible. So we are going to conduct a review of the ATIP Act and review those timelines because we want to live up to our obligations but we can't set goals for ourselves that are just not achievable with the resources that we have. So we could -- you know, we could make cuts in other areas and throw a bunch of resources at fulfilling these requests in a more timely fashion, but I think we really need to look at where our priorities are and weigh those against things like this. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate that the Minister and I have been able to coordinate to work successfully on this in the past. I'd like to work with him again. When will this review be completed as access to information, the public's right to know, is a fundamental priority of any public government. So when will this new review be completed and we could consider it? Thank you.

Thank you. There is a statutory requirement in the act to conclude the review within 18 months of the start of the 20th Assembly. So it must be done before the summer of 2025. Hopefully sooner, but that remains to be seen depending on what the priorities of this Assembly wind up being. Thank you.

Minister of Justice. Final supplementary. Member from Range Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, is the Minister -- it sounds like no additional resources are coming, so is the Minister contemplating a bill that can correct some of these timelines so we can ensure we're meeting them and we're not putting additional pressures on our staff that are just ensuring that the system fails? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, there needs to be some relief for the staff and this process needs to be one that is doable and achievable. And so based on that review, we'll make a decision about which direction we go. I don't think it's unreasonable to think that setting some more reasonable timelines is on the table. So we'll be looking at everything, including the timelines. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister of Justice. Oral questions. Member from Yellowknife North.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This question is actually for the Minister of Housing, Housing NWT.

Continuing on though on the theme of renewable energy, I understand that last year Housing NWT completed its Energy Management Strategy 2030, which included objectives about more energy efficiency and introducing more renewable energy such as biomass. So my question is, has funding already been identified that would allow Housing NWT to meet those objectives that it set in its strategy, or what's the plan to ensure that the implementation is fully funded? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Member from Yellowknife North. Minister of Housing NWT.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Member for the question. Housing NWT adopted its energy strategy in 2023. Housing has accessed multi-year federal funding to support work identified in this strategy, including approximately $4 million in the 2024-2025 Capital Plan. Housing has partnered with GNWT departments on funding for feasibility studies for potential district heating opportunities and renewable fuel sources. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister of Housing NWT. Member from Yellowknife North. Oral questions.

Written questions. Return to written questions. Replies to the Commissioner's address. Petitions. Reports of committees on the review of bills. Reports of standing and special committees. Tabling of documents.

Pursuant to section 21 of the Human Rights Act, I wish to table the Northwest Territories Human Rights Commissions Annual Report 2022-2023.

Member from Yellowknife Centre.

Thank you, Member from Yellowknife Centre. Tabling of documents. Notices of motion. Motions. Notices of motion for the first reading of bills. First reading of bills. Second reading of bills.

Go ahead. Committee of the Whole on the review of bills and other matters. Minister's Statement 4-20(1), 2023 Wildfire Season Review and Plan for the 2024 season; Minister's Statement 5-20(1), Emergency Management Preparation; Tabled Document 13-20(1), Estimates, Operations Expenditures, April 1st to June 30th, 2024, with Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh in the chair.

Call to order. What is the wish of the committee? Member from Inuvik Boot Lake.

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

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

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I will now rise and report progress.

Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. May I have the report of Committee of the Whole.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your committee has been considering Minister's Statement 4-20(1), Minister's Statement 5-20(1), Tabled Document 13-20(1) and would like to report. And, Mr. Speaker, I move the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Member. Do I have a seconder? Member from Inuvik Twin Lakes. All those in favour? All those opposed? All those abstaining? Motion passed. Reports in the Committee of the Whole.

---Carried

Third reading of bills. Orders of the day, Mr. Clerk.

Thank you, Mr. Clerk. This House stands adjourned until Friday, February 9th, 2024, at 10 a.m.

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The House adjourned at 3:43 p.m.