Question 772-18(3): Emergency Preparedness Plans  First of all, I think that we did develop a comprehensive set of guidelines to help facilitate community evacuations, should they happen, which covers anything from the roles and responsibilities of people in the community to what resources that we have. We will continue to work

Question 772-18(3): Emergency Preparedness Plans  As previously mentioned, our regional office engages with communities on emergency plan requirements and implementation of a process for systematic annual review of all community emergency plans. Also, as I mentioned earlier, we are looking at doing five workshops in the upcoming

Question 772-18(3): Emergency Preparedness Plans  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. First of all, I would just like to update Members and residents and/or other leaders across the NWT that the Emergency Management Act requires communities to prepare and approve emergency plans and programs. MACA does administer a number of activities and

Question 768-18(3): Aging in Place  Yes, we have already started some of that work. We are working with the Department of Health and Social Services to keep our seniors in their residences. On the other side, like I have said, we have already constructed some projects in the communities that I have mentioned. Somet

Question 768-18(3): Aging in Place  There are a couple of things there in terms of accessibility and working with our seniors and community members to address that. One of the highlights over the past few weeks was that we had the Housing Summit up in Inuvik, and we did invite the NWT Disabilities Council to come a

Question 768-18(3): Aging in Place  The repair program has been highly successful in terms of program participation throughout the Northwest Territories. It is one of the NWT Housing Corporation's most subscribed programs, and the corporation will do an evaluation on the seniors aging in place program to determine

Question 768-18(3): Aging in Place  Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I do appreciate the question that the Member has asked. I'm pretty sure he's referring to the community housing plans that we've been promoting throughout the Northwest Territories with our leaders in all of our communities; as he's mentioned, with the

Question 766-18(3): Aboriginal Sports Circle Funding  I just want to say that all of our partners who work in providing programs, sport, recreation, volunteering throughout the Northwest Territories for our volunteers is very important, and we do not take that for granted. The department is exploring various options related to fundi

Question 766-18(3): Aboriginal Sports Circle Funding  I just want to give the Member and all Members that the department is currently reviewing the North American Indigenous games as well as the Arctic Winter Games budgets for 2020. No final decisions have been made, but I can reassure Members that at our Ministers of sports meeting

Question 766-18(3): Aboriginal Sports Circle Funding  Since the establishment of the multisport games committee, they do have a mandate of supporting and coordinating Team Northwest Territories activities with the organizations that manage these teams on our behalf. The committee is tasked with ensuring that important policies on sa

Question 766-18(3): Aboriginal Sports Circle Funding  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The department is currently reviewing the intended allocations for the lottery fund, which would include disbursement to organizations as well as for multisport games. The departments and this government will continue to support the advancement of physical

Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have the honour today to recognize my parents, Winston and Martha Moses, for coming here today. It's not very often I get family to come to a sitting, so I want to thank them. Also just very quickly, Mr. Speaker, the jacket that I'm wearing belongs to m

Minister's Statement 200-18(3): Northwest Territories 911 Implementation Update  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This government is committed to improving access to emergency services and enhancing community wellness and safety through the rollout of the 911 service in all 33 communities. The three-digit telephone number "911" is known as the number to call in emerg

Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is my pleasure to welcome to the House and to the North Mr. Michael Roberts, who is an author and motivational speaker. I just want to thank him personally for reaching out to our youth and giving some very strong positive messages, as well as to the re

Minister's Statement 195-18(3): The 62nd Annual Mine Rescue Competition  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Mine Rescue Competition has a strong history in the Northwest Territories. The first event took place in 1957, and the competition has been growing every year. This weekend marks the 62nd Annual Mine Rescue Competition. Teams will come together from m