Question 16-19(1): Prompt Payment of Northern Vendors  I understand that the financial administration policy on the timing of payments to vendors provides for certain exceptions that allow for immediate payment upon receipt of invoices from language translators or interpreters, justices of the peace, coroners, and sheriff's bailiff s

Question 16-19(1): Prompt Payment of Northern Vendors  Has the Department of Finance given consideration to the standing committee's report on procurement, and, if not, can we expect to see some analysis or response to the committee's recommendation?

Question 16-19(1): Prompt Payment of Northern Vendors  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister of Finance for the rationale for the delay of three to four weeks in making payments to GNWT vendors, as set out in the Financial Administration Manual. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to again recognize my neighbour and journalist, Sarah Minogue. I think they have gone back to school now, but we had students in here today from Kam Lake's Ecole St. Joseph School, who were here to see consensus government in act

Prompt Payment for Northern Businesses  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As an Assembly, we committed to supporting economic development in northern businesses. Many of my Kam Lake constituents report the challenges associated not only with starting a business, but also keeping it profitable. I believe that the GNWT can and mus

Bill 1: An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, that Bill 1, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Bill 1: An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek unanimous consent to waive Rule 69(1) to allow the first reading of the bill I gave notice of earlier today.

Bill 1: An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Thursday, December 12, 2019, I will move that Bill 1, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, be read for the first time, and, Mr. Speaker, later today, I will seek consent to waive Rule 69(1) to have Bill

Question 6-19(1): Public Service Act Update  As part of the legislative review process, what public bodies will the GNWT engage as they modernize the Public Service Act? How will constructive participation be assured? Thank you.

Question 6-19(1): Public Service Act Update  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question today is for the Minister of Finance. Mr. Speaker, for many years, we have discussed the modernization of the Public Service Act. With over 5,000 public servants providing essential programs and services to nearly 45,000 Northerners, it is our

Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, would like to recognize Mr. Tony Whitford, who is sitting next to my mother, Kam Lake resident, Carole Tetlow. I would also like to thank her for teaching me the importance of building up people in communities with our hearts as our compass. I wou

Gender-based Violence  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On Friday, the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, my mother laid a rose for one of the 14 women engineers murdered on December 6, 1989 in an act of gender-based violence. As a young woman, my mother wanted to become an archi

Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to welcome local Kam Lake business owners, Manuel and Marta Jorge, who are sitting up in the gallery today.