Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you. So I believe that's in the next section so we can address that once we get there. Thank you.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you. We are just looking for that information right now. We should have it -- it's under Executive Council offices I'm being told. Thank you.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you. We do have a plan for that position. It has not been reduced. And we're just holding off pending the approval of this budget. We don't know how things are going to go with the negotiations with Members, whether or not we're going to need to find additional money and wh

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you. The UNDRIP Implementation Act that was passed in the last government, as the Member said, we are legislatively required to co-develop an action plan to achieve the goals of UNDRIP with Indigenous governments. And so we are in the process of doing that right now. And th

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you. I appreciate those comments. I look forward to the Members on this. Thanks.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I appreciate the Member's concerns about the lack of target. This document and the mandate were prepared almost simultaneously and so we were including items underneath each of the topics, and they aren't necessarily all fully fleshed out yet. But the id

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I apologize, I was just getting my business plan sent over to me. If the Member could repeat the item he was referencing. Thank you. I apologize.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much. The NGO sector is more part of EIA than ever given that EIA is now responsible for integrated service delivery. With that comes the homelessness file. The reason that integrated services and homelessness is in EIA is because when it was in Justice, and I was

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you. With me, I have John MacDonald, the deputy minister of Executive and Indigenous Affairs; and, Tram Due, director, shared corporate services, with the Department of Executive and Indigenous Affairs. Thank you.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Yes, I do.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm here to present the Department of Executive and Indigenous Affairs' main estimates for the fiscal year 2024-2025. Overall, the department's estimates propose an increase of $1.405 million, or 6.1 percent, over the Main Estimates 2023-2024. These estimate

Question 212-20(1): Office of the Children's Lawyer  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I believe there are seven panel lawyers who are regularly assigned files by the children's lawyer. So that's just within the territory and those are just the panel lawyers. And I'm not sure how many other lawyers in the territory also have expertise in tha

Question 212-20(1): Office of the Children's Lawyer  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As with any initiative, I expect that the relevant department will undertake a thorough review and reach out to experts as needed. I just want to reassure everyone that the Northwest Territories has no shortage of lawyers. I think we have four times the nu

Question 212-20(1): Office of the Children's Lawyer  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The manual needs to be updated as new -- there's new developments in best practices and case law and things like that. And so in the future, it's possible that the -- those roles will be done by other members of the -- other lawyers in the Legal Aid Commis

Question 212-20(1): Office of the Children's Lawyer  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And the children's lawyer provided great value, of course. That position is now vacant. But the person who was in there did a lot of work and it's very appreciated, those efforts. The children's lawyer would meet regularly with the panel of children's lawy