Question 84-20(1): Fort Good Hope Arena Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thanks to the Minister for that reply here. On the continuation of my question, my last one, is that will the Minister provide a report on a spreadsheet format on the schedule for renovations in this project so I can have something to share with my con
February 23rd, 2024Assembly debate Page 212 Oral Questions
Question 84-20(1): Fort Good Hope Arena Okay, thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thanks to the Minister for the response here. One of the issues that are really lacking in the smaller communities is trades and skills. Will the Minister promise to recruit and supply a project manager for this project through the community loca
February 23rd, 2024Assembly debate Page 212 Oral Questions
Question 84-20(1): Fort Good Hope Arena Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Further to my questions on the Fort Good Hope arena status. The community of the Dene organization is leading the project and actively working on it. The Department of MACA has assisted where possible, including funding and developing the scope of work and
February 23rd, 2024Assembly debate Page 212 Oral Questions
Member's Statement 95-20(1): Fort Good Hope Arena Completion Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my Member's statement today is on the progress or future plans to complete the Fort Good Hope municipal arena complex. Mr. Speaker, construction renovations, as I understand, stopped a number of years ago on this facility. Residents are left i
February 23rd, 2024Assembly debate Page 208 Members' Statements
Member's Statement 88-20(1): 18th Anniversary of the Great Bear River Bridge Application Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today marks the 18th year anniversary for the Bear River Bridge application from the Department of Transportation to the Sahtu Land and Water Board dated February the 22nd, 2006. It is a historic annual on the Sahtu determination. The mileston
February 22nd, 2024Assembly debate Page 183 Members' Statements
Motion to amend Motion 9-20(1): Establishing a Public Inquiry into the 2023 Wildfires - Safe Disclosure, Carried Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the motion, I can only -- not being from a community that was directly impacted, I could only imagine, and I can't say any more than what was already said by my colleagues. When I look around this room, the majority of the leaders here represent communi
February 22nd, 2024Assembly debate Page 177 Motions
Question 69-20(1): Wildfire Season Preparation and Holdover Fires Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My last question to the Minister on the subject here is I'm very glad that there's a working relationship, more importantly communication with the department and the communities so the community leaders could feel very comfortable and safe as we approach t
February 21st, 2024Assembly debate Page 153 Oral Questions
Question 69-20(1): Wildfire Season Preparation and Holdover Fires Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thanks to the Minister for that response. Moving on to my next question, I'm glad to see that there is a monitoring assessment and an inventory of these holdover fires in the different locations across the territory. In particular, I've heard remarks
February 21st, 2024Assembly debate Page 152 Oral Questions
Question 69-20(1): Wildfire Season Preparation and Holdover Fires Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Further to my statement on holdover fires aka zombie fires, my first question to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, in preparation for the upcoming 2024 summer fire season what is the Department of ECC doing to assess holdover fires in our ter
February 21st, 2024Assembly debate Page 152 Oral Questions
Member's Statement 77-20(1): Holdover Wildfire Assessments Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, holdover fires is inevitable in many parts of the Northwest Territories, a harsh reminder of last summer's wildfire disasters. NWT residents not only remember; they never forgot the devastation and most importantly losses. It is unimaginable t
February 21st, 2024Assembly debate Page 147 Members' Statements
Question 55-20(1): Territorial Regional Wellness Councils Thank you, Mr. Speaker. When?
February 20th, 2024Assembly debate Page 121 Oral Questions
Question 55-20(1): Territorial Regional Wellness Councils Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Minister share that review with this side of the House here so we can see what work has been done and what policy recommendations, particularly the recommendations themselves, to the review? Mahsi.
February 20th, 2024Assembly debate Page 121 Oral Questions
Question 55-20(1): Territorial Regional Wellness Councils Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thanks for the reply to the Minister. My next question there, Mr. Speaker, is looking at the structure and how to update that from 2016, will the Minister conduct a governance review of the TLC and regional wellness councils to review on recommendation
February 20th, 2024Assembly debate Page 121 Oral Questions
Question 55-20(1): Territorial Regional Wellness Councils Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Earlier I had mentioned the review on regional territorial regional councils. My first question to the Minister of health is can the Minister explain the governing structure of the Territorial Leadership Council and the regional wellness councils? Mahsi.
February 20th, 2024Assembly debate Page 121 Oral Questions
Member's Statement 66-20(1): Territorial Regional Wellness Councils Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, territorial and regional wellness councils, a new mandate to address today's changing society. Mr. Speaker, the transition from territorial and regional health boards to territorial and regional wellness council happened August 2016. It creat
February 20th, 2024Assembly debate Page 117 Members' Statements