Question 423-20(1): Carbon Tax Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I was just trying to pull the report out fast enough. I have it in front of me, Mr. Speaker. But, really, at this point, we -- and I've gone through this many a time. We spend far more as a government on -- in terms of our energy, energy s
November 1st, 2024Assembly debate Oral Questions
Question 404-20(1): Draft Climate Change Action Plan Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Member for the question. I think it's very clear that climate change has had a significant impact on the Northwest Territories over the last number of years, and certainly the rate at which climate change is happening at three to four
October 31st, 2024Assembly debate Oral Questions
Question 423-20(1): Carbon Tax Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm glad there's no time on the clock because I can just keep going as long as I'd like, I guess. Mr. Speaker, I have long said that there's a large challenge in the North with respect to the way that the carbon tax parameters are placed upon us by the f
November 1st, 2024Assembly debate Oral Questions
Question 423-20(1): Carbon Tax Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, one of the Members of the youth -- NWT youth climate change council inquired about the carbon tax annual report and I -- or brought this to my attention. I'd like to ask the Minister of Finance, in the carbon tax annual report there is a $14
November 1st, 2024Assembly debate Oral Questions
Motion 44-20(1): Performance Audit of the Management and Governance of the NTHSSA, Carried Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I think this motion speaks for itself, but I will add some facts to it. When the NTHSSA, the health authority, was first established in 2016, it inherited an accumulated deficit of $51 million. In 2020, that deficit had grown to $94 million.
October 31st, 2024Assembly debate Motions
Question 410-20(1): Climate Change Draft Action Plans Thanks, Mr. Speaker, for the opportunity to get to a second round of questions around the climate change draft action plan. So the Minister for ECC spoke to the fact that some of the actions I'm interested in are for the Minister of Infrastructure, so I'll ask the Minister of Inf
October 31st, 2024Assembly debate Oral Questions
Minister's Statement 78-20(1): Northwest Territories Supply Chain Challenges and Solutions Mr. Speaker, I would like to provide an update on the challenges faced this year in maintaining the Northwest Territories' supply chain and the steps our government is taking to address them. Our territory has been hit hard by a combination of record low-water levels, wildfires,
October 30th, 2024Assembly debate Ministers' Statements
Member's Statement 389-20(1): Regional Medical Travel Coordinator and Medical Escorts Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I raised the a Sahtu issue of recruiting a regional medical travel coordinator during our past spring sitting. Mr. Speaker, the NWT health care system is in high demand. It seems, Mr. Speaker, today's society is impacted by many challenges bey
October 29th, 2024Assembly debate Members' Statements
Minister's Statement 75-20(1): Healthcare System Sustainability Unit Mr. Speaker, the cost of delivering health and social services is increasing faster than our resources can handle, at a time when our government is also facing additional costs related to climate change and inflationary pressures. This is why the delivery of sustainable health an
October 29th, 2024Assembly debate Ministers' Statements
Committee Motion 45-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Infrastructure - Deferral of Department, Carried Yeah, thank you very much, Mr. Chair. So in some of my comments to the Minister of Finance yesterday, I know in our substantiations we talk about different ways that we make decision makings -- decision-making, pardon me, around the various metrics and choices that we make for se
October 25th, 2024Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters Thank you, Mr. Chair. So something that I've been thinking about, and noticing a lot lately, is the conversation around computer servers, and specifically AI search engine servers, that sort of the thing and the like, contributing greatly to greenhouse gas emissions and water usa
October 23rd, 2024Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters Thank you, Mr. Chair. And so I know that in the last Assembly there was a great deal of interest from the Members around how we make decisions and specifically how Cabinet makes decisions on various pieces of information before them, be it decision instruments, be it financial de
October 23rd, 2024Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 45-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Infrastructure - Deferral of Department, Carried Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think it's -- as the Minister noted, this is the headquarters for forest fire management for the entire Northwest Territories, and the facility that we have right now hasn't been doing what we need it to do for many, many years. I think with the last sever
October 25th, 2024Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Dr. Erin Kelly
Committee Motion 45-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Infrastructure - Deferral of Department, Carried Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I think that's a much more useful -- useful metric because then we can -- we can factor it into those larger emissions pictures as we look for -- you know, actively seek for replacement technologies. I think it's very difficult when you're dealing with c
October 25th, 2024Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 45-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Infrastructure - Deferral of Department, Carried Would that information -- sorry, thank you, Mr. Chair. Would that information be useful to our climate change planning to -- and implementation of our strategy and our goals to reduce emissions? Thank you.
October 25th, 2024Assembly debate Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters