Thank you, Minister of Health and Social Services. Oral questions. Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yesterday was a very long day for everybody, and especially myself and, Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the justice Minister.

Will the Minister of Justice be brought up to speed and to look into the long decade of investigations into the death that occurred at St. Joseph's School in Fort Resolution and to go forward under the Coroner's Act and allow the coroner's office to support the Deninu Kue First Nation in their investigation? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. Minister of Justice.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Member for the question. You know, I know this is a very sensitive subject and, you know, the discovery of unmarked graves of former residential students is a deeply sensitive issue that we must approach with respect, dignity, empathy for the Indigenous communities involved and the families. You know, this is an area where, as an Indigenous person, my mother was a residential school survivor, I feel very deeply about this subject, and I am committed to working with everyone involved -- the community, the Member, the department of education, the coroner's office -- to have a conversation about how we can advance this issue and find a resolution that meets the needs of all of the people of the Northwest Territories, the Indigenous governments, the families. Really, the families too, right. That's an important component here that we need to really keep top of mind. We have elders that are here interpreting for us that have generational connections to this issue, and we need to truly respect that within this House. But I will commit to working with the Member and all of the parties involved to try and find a -- to work toward a resolution for this issue. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question to the Minister of Justice is that we're going to be here until next week, and we're pretty well done, but my question to the Minister is that if there's a way we could start working and reaching out to the Indigenous governments in Fort Resolution and the families and work together to see if we could try and come up with a date as to when we could meet and try to look for a solution to this issue. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'm totally committed to that. I have an open calendar this afternoon. I'd already scheduled a briefing on this topic with staff from the Department of Justice and ECC to get totally up to speed. I'm happy to put some time aside in my calendar this afternoon to meet with the Member and any of his leadership that are interested in having that meeting. And, again, I'll reiterate that I'm committed to working together with everyone that has an interest here in finding an expedited solution to advancing this issue. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister of Justice. Final supplementary. Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And my question to the Minister now that we're moving forward, we really need to modernize our legislation to fall in line with the UNDRIP and -- that's very important, and all their legislation that's out there. So I look forward, if we could get a commitment from the Minister to get this looked at in the next few months. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I think the Premier has made it very clear in all of our mandate letters that that is certainly a priority and part of how we plan on doing business as a Premier and Cabinet to ensure that we are respecting all of those decisions and applying the appropriate measures. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister of Justice. Colleagues, time is up for oral questions. Oral questions. Written questions. Returns to written questions.

Member from Yellowknife Centre.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to the House to return to oral questions, item number 7 on the orders of the day. Thank you.

Thank you, Member from Yellowknife Centre -- can I please finish my job? Are there any nays? Nay.

Replies to the Commissioner's address. Petitions. Reports of Committees on the Review of Bills. Reports of Standing and Special Committees. Tabling of documents. Minister of Finance.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following two documents: Supplementary Estimates, Infrastructures Expenditures, No. 1, 2025-2026 and Supplementary Estimates, Operations Expenditures and Borrowing Authorization, No. 1, 2025-2026. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Minister of Finance. Tabling of documents.

Colleagues, I wish to table the Report of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada on the Protected and Conserved Areas in the Northwest Territories in accordance with section 41 of the Northwest Territories Act.

Pursuant to section 21(3) of the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, I hereby table the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act Schedule C Amendment to Regulations 2025.

I hereby table an Amendment to the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act Indemnities, Allowances and Expense Regulations under section 43 of the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council's Act.

Tabling of documents. Notices of motion. Member from Great Slave.

Thank you, Member from Great Slave. Notices of motion. Motions. Notices of motion for the first reading of bills. Minister of Justice.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Tuesday, May 27th, 2025, I will present Bill 27, An Act to Amend the Protection Against Family Violence Act, to be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Notices of motion for the first reading of bills. First reading of bills.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to present Bill 26, An Act to Amend the Public Service Act, to be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Member from Yellowknife North. Pursuant to Rule 8.2(3), Bill 26 is deemed to have first reading and is ready for second reading.

First reading of bills. Second reading of bills. Consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters, Bill 17, Bill 18, Tabled Documents 340 and 341, with the Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh in the chair.

I will now call Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of committee? I'm going to go to the Member from Inuvik Boot Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the committee wishes to consider Bill 17, a Municipal and Community Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, as well as Bill 18, An Act to Amend the Partnership and Business Names Act. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Does the committee agree?