Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do support moving forward with this bill. Certainly, it's a change that first responders have been pushing for for many years, and I remember a discussion about this back when I was a city councillor at the city of Yellowknife as long as ten years ago, so it's been a concern for a long time. We know that first responders, including paramedics and firefighters, are exposed to disturbing and dangerous and sometimes traumatic things on a daily basis that most of us can't even imagine facing, and we know that as a whole, this group of responders suffers from mental and physical health struggles at a much greater rate than the rest of us, and I think that we know that both from statistics and trends and, you know, at a personal level with some of the people that we know. So I certainly support making NWT one of the leading jurisdictions in Canada with regard to our presumptive coverage and support. When first responders suffer from heart disease, any kind of cancer, or post-traumatic stress disorder, I think these are all necessary changes and we've -- yeah, we've been waiting for too long already. So I want to sincerely thank my colleagues for bringing this forward and for speeding up the timeline on this work. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Shauna Morgan on Bill 29: First Responders Workers' Compensation Amendment Act. Carried
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Bill 29: First Responders Workers' Compensation Amendment Act. Carried
Second Reading Of Bills
May 29th, 2025
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