Member's Statement 1083-19(2): Climate Change  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Every once in a while, in this House, I like to plagiarize a statement from one of my former predecessors partly because, you know, a lot of the issues in this House require consistent advocacy, and sometimes you just can't say it better yourself. And toda

Member's Statement 1062-19(2): Changes to Canada Infrastructure Bank  Merci, Monsieur le President. I love Private Member's bills. I had one successful bill in the last Assembly and another before the House now. They are an important mechanism to advance policy and the public interest when Cabinet will not do so or has other priorities. As easy as

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. And I guess just to carry on where my colleague from Great Slave left off there, I am happy that Nutrition North is part of our priorities and made it into a mandate commitment because it is such a key pillar program of food security in the Northw

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you. Questions? Are there any further questions on ensure climate change impacts are specifically considered when making government decisions? Seeing none, Committee, we will move to pages 31 to 33, increase employment in small communities. Questions? Ms. Nokleby.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thanks, Mr. Chair. Sorry, this is very cumbersome. When is that going to happen? When is this new version of the executive council handbook with the new tool for climate change going to be made public? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. Questions? Are there any further questions on strengthen the government's leadership and authority on climate change? Seeing none, Committee, we will move to page 30, ensure climate change impacts are specifically considered when making government decisi

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thanks, Mr. Chair, and I'll be asking the Minister about this in May/June. So head's up. I expect to see something done publicly on this before May/June. And especially if it's reported in this mandate thing as -- progress report as something being done. I want to move on though

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you. We will reach out to committee and try to get this information there. We're not going to do the work. They -- it's been done. We are working with them. I need to really stress we are working with the climate change council. They are not a subdivision or a thing of our

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thanks, Mr. Chair, and thanks to the Minister for that. Could there not be a web page or some information about the council made available? Like, who sits on it, even maybe the terms of reference somewhere. Is there a work plan? Are there technical committees or advisory committe

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Yes, the committee, they're -- the council sits and it's Indigenous leadership. It is a committee of theirs, and we work with that committee. It is not a sub part of, you know, government. It is a climate change council that we work with. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thanks, Mr. Chair. So on February the 9th, 2021, it's over a year ago, the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources announced that the terms of reference for the NWT Climate Change Council were finished. Council seems to have met a few times but I don't even know who sits on

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Okay, yeah, so the thing is is that we are dealing with specific situations. We are looking -- like IE the Tuk situation, we are looking at how it's impacted. We're working with the municipal governments to see if there's funding through mitigation. The federal government has a l

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. One of the items here is to work with the national and international organizations to advocate for the consideration of our unique perspectives on climate change impacts, adaptation, and mitigation. I'm concerned when I look at the strategies on the governm

Minister's Statement 232-19(2): Arctic Sovereignty  Mr. Speaker, the current invasion of Ukraine by Russia is a stark reminder of the importance of Arctic sovereignty. We share a unique border with Russia - the Arctic Ocean. As the Arctic takes a more predominant role on the international stage, we want to ensure that the needs of

Member's Statement 975-19(2): Taltson Hydro Expansion  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we know in the North we face the most severe impacts from climate change, and the world is looking to the North to be a leader in climate change adaptation. Climate change will continue to increase rainfall, flooding, and coastal erosion, and