Minister's Statement 206-18(3): Northwest Territories Carbon Tax Implementation  This delay was unintended and in no way should be considered as a lowering of the government's commitment to implementing the NWT Carbon Tax. Carbon pricing will be introduced in the NWT either utilizing our own approach or having the federal backstop imposed upon us. We believe

Minister's Statement 206-18(3): Northwest Territories Carbon Tax Implementation  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to update the House and Northwest Territories residents on the implementation of the NWT Carbon Tax. The Government of the Northwest Territories committed to implementation of carbon pricing as part of the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Grow

Minister's Statement 202-18(3): Celebrating Inuvialuit Day  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thirty-five years ago today, the Committee for Original People's Entitlement, or COPE, signed the Inuvialuit Final Agreement with the Government of Canada on behalf of the Inuvialuit of the Western Arctic. The Inuvialuit Final Agreement was the first compr

Recorded Vote  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Our intention is for the act to come into force at the earliest opportunity. Implementing this act, needless to say, is a high priority for the government of the Northwest Territories and the people who are affected by it. The Department of ENR is actively w

Committee Motion 152-18(3): Bill 38: Protected Areas Act - Motion No. 2 to Amend s. 98, Defeated  Thank you, Mr. Chair. As I said before, I made some comments before, but one of the things I want to point out, one point I wanted to make, is we are trying to pass an amendment here to give us direction to do something that we are already doing. We have a respectful arrangement

Committee Motion 151-18(3): Bill 38: Protected Areas Act - Motion to Amend s. 98, Defeated  I do respect the timeline, but I also respect the process. This is an important piece of legislation, and we should be able to do due diligence. The absence of any explicit reference to engaging or collaborating with Indigenous governments or organizations in the development of

Committee Motion 150-18(3): Bill 38: Protected Areas Act - Motion to Amend s. 10(6), Defeated  Thank you, Mr. Chair. We appreciate the input from all of the Members, first and foremost. ENR is committed to making timely decisions under this act. We have concurred to the motion, and I think that the Member from Yellowknife North spoke to it, adding subclause 10(1). This re

Committee Motion 149-18(3): Bill 38: Protected Areas Act - Motion to Amend s. 10(2), Defeated  [Microphone turned off] ... get a chance to before. I do want to acknowledge the work that went on between committee and the department. We had 34 amendments that were proposed by committee. We accepted 30 of them. There were four we did not accept. Again, they were defeated, and

Committee Motion 148-18(3): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Review of Bill 38: Protected Areas Act - Process for Development of Regulations, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have with me, to my left, Mr. Robert Jenkins, who is the assistant deputy minister of Environment and Climate Change. To my right, I have Ms. Kelly McLaughlin, who is legislative counsel with the Department of Justice. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Committee Motion 148-18(3): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Review of Bill 38: Protected Areas Act - Process for Development of Regulations, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am pleased to introduce Bill 38, Protected Areas Act. The bill sets out the processes for establishing a protected area in the Northwest Territories. The bill lays out the process to nominate the candidate area, how establishment agreements with Indigenous

Bill 44: Forest Act, Withdrawn  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek unanimous consent to discharge the order for the third reading of Bill 44, Forest Act, and have the bill withdrawn from the order paper. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, through you, I would like to go to Minister Schumann.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. I believe the Minister of Health and Social Services said it was ongoing funding. Thank you.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Through you, I'd like to go to the Minister of Health and Social Services.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, I was trying to get some of the numbers here from the main estimates that we debated, and it seems like there is a lot of money that is going to this. As far as the actual breakdown, I think that the Member was looking for specifically what we are spend