Thank you. So like other satellite providers, like STAR Choice and Bell, is the leg accessible on those platforms as well? Thanks.
Debates of Oct. 21st, 2025
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Committee Motion 81-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 388-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026 - Deferral of Estimates
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 21st
Committee Motion 81-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 388-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026 - Deferral of Estimates
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 21st
Committee Motion 81-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 388-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026 - Deferral of Estimates
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 21st
The Speaker Shane Thompson
With your permission, I'll ask the deputy -- or the clerk to answer the question. Thank you.
Committee Motion 81-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 388-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026 - Deferral of Estimates
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 21st
Committee Motion 81-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 388-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026 - Deferral of Estimates
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 21st
Committee Motion 81-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 388-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026 - Deferral of Estimates
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 21st
Glen Rutland
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Madam Chair. To the Member, so we do not have -- so what happened is we went through a satellite service called TelleSat, so we would beam up to TelleSat, and then they would beam down to other satellite providers such as Bell and Shaw. The TelleSat satellite that we were using was actually end of life last year and our -- we were also end of contract. Both of those lined up at the same time. So the decision made at the time was that we would no longer stream on satellite but would make ourselves continue to be available on streaming and on internet.
One of the things that did factor into that is a recent report revealed that 46 percent, or almost half of Canadian households, no longer have satellite or cable, that they rely solely on streaming. So we've continued to stream. We continue to be on NorthwesTel cable in community channels in Fort Smith and Yellowknife and continue to be on the community channel in Inuvik. We just had to switch them over to the direct feed through the fibre line.
Committee Motion 81-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 388-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026 - Deferral of Estimates
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 21st
Committee Motion 81-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 388-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026 - Deferral of Estimates
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 21st
R.J. Simpson Hay River North
Yes, well, I've got seven and a half minutes left so I intend to take my time. Thank you.
So, you know -- so in Hay River, we don't have NorthwesTel. We don't have cable wired in. So I think people would actually watch it on satellite there in my office, my constituency office. That's what we would do. And so do we have -- do we know how many people watched through satellite versus through cable versus streaming; Do we have any of those types of numbers? Thank you.
Committee Motion 81-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 388-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026 - Deferral of Estimates
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 21st
Committee Motion 81-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 388-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026 - Deferral of Estimates
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 21st
The Speaker Shane Thompson
Thank you. Thank you for the question.
No, we don't track. We haven't been able to track that information, and it's not information that's easily available. Yeah, so it's not been tracked or been recorded.
Committee Motion 81-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 388-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026 - Deferral of Estimates
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 21st
Committee Motion 81-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 388-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026 - Deferral of Estimates
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 21st
The Speaker Shane Thompson
Thank you. And the satellite providers couldn't provide that information too when we asked to provide that information for us. Thank you.
Committee Motion 81-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 388-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026 - Deferral of Estimates
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 21st
Committee Motion 81-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 388-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026 - Deferral of Estimates
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 21st
R.J. Simpson Hay River North
Okay, thank you. You know, I'm happy that -- when I first started here, you know, we didn't have streaming online. We didn't have Facebook Live or anything like that. And so I've seen the progression so it's great to see how we can get information out there. And I know that in a lot of small communities I go to, the elders watch on NorthwesTel. They don't all have streaming devices, and I suspect it might be similar in other places where we don't have NorthwesTel, and so I just wonder how many people no longer have access to the Assembly's -- you know, the feed. So that was my concern. I see it's not being addressed here, though. So I guess I'll just leave this here for now. But hopefully as, you know, technology becomes cheaper, more available -- there's more satellites in the sky today than probably at any time in history. It would be great if there was more opportunities for people to access these proceedings. And I guess we'll see what the future holds. Thank you.
Committee Motion 81-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 388-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026 - Deferral of Estimates
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 21st
Committee Motion 81-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 388-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026 - Deferral of Estimates
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 21st
The Speaker Shane Thompson
Thank you. We still broadcast for the first two hours on CKLB. So we're trying to do it -- as technologies improves, as the Member from Hay River North talked about, we try to increase our membership, our visibility out there in the system. So whatever comes available and we're able to work on it, we try to get that out there as -- I can tell you we have our favourite fan in Ulukhaktok who still has access to us, and he made sure we know that we're misbehaving or behaving during session. So people out there are still able to get that information. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Committee Motion 81-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 388-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026 - Deferral of Estimates
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 21st
The Chair Sheryl Yakeleya
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
The Legislative Assembly, Office of the Clerk, infrastructure investments, $1,828,000. Does the committee agree?
Committee Motion 81-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 388-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026 - Deferral of Estimates
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 21st
Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 81-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 388-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026 - Deferral of Estimates
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 21st
The Chair Sheryl Yakeleya
Thank you, Members. Please turn now to the Legislative Assembly summary found on page 15. The Legislative Assembly, 2026-2027 Capital Estimates, $1,828,000. Does the committee agree?
Committee Motion 81-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 388-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026 - Deferral of Estimates
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 21st
Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 81-20(1): Deferral Motion - Tabled Document 388-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 2, 2025-2026 - Deferral of Estimates
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 21st
The Chair Sheryl Yakeleya
Thank you, committee, and thank you, Mr. Speaker. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses from the chamber.
Member for Inuvik Boot Lake.
Committee Motion 82-20(1): Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 385-20(1): 2026-2027 Capital Estimates - Legislative Assembly - Conclusion of Legislative Assembly
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 21st
Denny Rodgers Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. I apologize to committee for delay. Madam Chair, I move that this committee concludes its consideration of 2026-2027 Capital Estimates for the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Committee Motion 82-20(1): Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 385-20(1): 2026-2027 Capital Estimates - Legislative Assembly - Conclusion of Legislative Assembly
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 21st
Committee Motion 82-20(1): Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 385-20(1): 2026-2027 Capital Estimates - Legislative Assembly - Conclusion of Legislative Assembly
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 21st
Some Hon. Members
Question.
Committee Motion 82-20(1): Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 385-20(1): 2026-2027 Capital Estimates - Legislative Assembly - Conclusion of Legislative Assembly
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 21st
The Chair Sheryl Yakeleya
Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.
---Carried
Committee, we have agreed to consider Tabled Document 385-20(1), 2026-2027 Capital Estimates. We will now consider Housing Northwest Territories. Does the Minister responsible for Housing Northwest Territories wish to bring witnesses into the chamber?