Rylund Johnson

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Crucial Fact

  • His favourite word was know.
Historical Information Rylund Johnson is no longer a member of the Legislative Assembly.

Last in the Legislative Assembly October 2023, as MLA for Yellowknife North

Won his last election, in 2019, with 36% of the vote.

Statements in the House

Committee Motion 2-19(2): Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 17-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 4, 2019-2020, Carried February 26th, 2020

Thank you, Madam Chair. Can we remove Walmart from the business incentive program list?

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters February 26th, 2020

Thank you. Then, what is this $199,000 for? Final question, Madam Chair.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters February 26th, 2020

Thank you, Madam Chair. Is this the total of what we provide under the Deline self-government agreement? Does it all flow through MACA?

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters February 26th, 2020

Thank you, Madam Chair. I am just always slightly confused when we see implementation funding appear in all sorts of different departments. Can I just clarify if somewhere else in our budget the financing agreement with Deline for their self-government agreement -- is this $199,000 coming from the federal government, or is this our money?

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters February 26th, 2020

Thank you. In addition to when the Minister gets back to committee, if it could also be included, any further efforts to access money from Canada's Gun and Gang Violence Action Fund. I am happy to see this money, but I would like to see more. Thank you.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters February 26th, 2020

Thank you, Madam Chair. I am happy to see there is $100,000 for our training for restorative justice, and I am even happier to see that it is completely offset by Justice Canada. However, this is one-time funding. Restorative justice, I believe, is very underfunded in our territory. Are there any current applications in to this same pool of funding to get more money?

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters February 26th, 2020

Thank you, Madam Chair. Can the Minister of Finance confirm whether the department feels they are adequately funded going forward, considering that there has been an increase of legal costs, it appears, since 2016, according to them? Is that budgeted in our main estimates?

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters February 26th, 2020

Thank you, Madam Chair. They're projected at $711,000. We have $340,000 here. We seem to have doubled what we're spending on legal costs in Child and Family Services. Can the Minister provide some explanation of why that occurred?

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters February 26th, 2020

Thank you, Madam Chair. Can the Minister of Finance confirm how much the total legal costs in Child and Family Services are?

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters February 26th, 2020

Thank you. Can I just get an explanation of, if we were going to bring them into the GNWT, it would cost us $17 million? What is the reason for that? Is it that they are making less, or is it that we would have to give them a better pension? What makes up that $17-million figure?