Member's Statement 1482-19(2): Carbon Taxation  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I rise in the House again in regards to Bill 60. Mr. Speaker, it's concerning in this House about the impacts of carbon tax in my riding. I continue to raise my concerns today. Mr. Speaker, Bill 60 cannot go forward as proposed. The carbon tax is go

Committee Motion 404-19(2): Committee Report 48-19(2): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Bill 68: An Act to Amend the Child Day Care Act -Response to Recommendations, Carried  Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I did prepare a Member's statement but I'll do it for this. This is the right time to do it. Madam Chair, we say that this is a consensus government, and this is not how the consensus government should be operating. The consensus government t

Bill 60: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the carbon tax fails to recognize that the Northwest Territories residents, the majority of whom are Indigenous, do not have access to alternative heating fuels, have no ability to lower their heating costs. Some of our communities are literal

Bill 60: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to talk about the reality for our people in small communities; and I represent majority of Tlicho people from four communities. Yesterday we talked about which colonial government to trust, the federal or territorial government. As an

Committee Motion 430-19(2): Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Indigenous-Led Housing Designs, Carried  Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I move that this committee recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories work with Indigenous governments, architects, engineers, and other professionals to develop a suite of Indigenous-led climate change responsive designs for

Committee Motion 404-19(2): Committee Report 48-19(2): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Bill 68: An Act to Amend the Child Day Care Act -Response to Recommendations, Carried  Thank you, Madam Chair. First I want to thank the committee that did all of the work on this bill because I do sit on two other committees that are quite busy; I didn't delve into it quite the same way they did, and really looked to that report to inform me as I have struggled wi

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you. Committee, we will continue with the departmental summary for the environment and climate change on page 73. environment and natural resource -- oh, environment and climate change, operations expenditures, total department, 2023-2024 Main Estimates, $124,309,000. Does

Committee Motion 385-19(2): Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 881-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2022-2023, Carried  Thank you. Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures), No. 3, 2022-2023, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, operations expenditures, environmental stewardship and climate change not previously authorized, $219,000. Does committee agree?

Minister's Statement 321-19(2): Infrastructure Climate Change Adaptation  Mr. Speaker, the Government of the Northwest Territories has mandate commitments to strengthen its leadership and authority on climate change and to ensure that climate change impacts are specifically considered when making government decisions. Mr. Speaker, the Department of In

Member Statement 1428-19(2): Natural Disasters  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, for my statement today I am going to talk about the disaster assistance policy under the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. Mr. Speaker, last year, the Government of the Northwest Territories completed a comprehensive review of MA

Member's Statement 1463-19(2): Carbon Tax  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yesterday I spoke in the House about impacts on carbon tax. Carbon tax is going to increase the cost of living in the Northwest Territories, Mr. Speaker, in my riding by 17 percent on heating fuel, and every year after is four cents added on t

Committee Motion 377-19(2): Committee Report 45-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on Bill 60: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried  Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, we'll have to get back to the Member. That is -- not tomorrow. We'll have to get back to the Member in terms of what our plans are. You know, it is very important that we -- you know, we look at this, and it's -- I'm presenting to standing com

Committee Motion 377-19(2): Committee Report 45-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on Bill 60: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act - Government Response to Recommendations, Carried  Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, you know, with climate change being so real up here in the North, you know, it's affecting us way more than it is across Canada, we are seeing things that are just -- things we've never seen before. I mean, one example is the -- you know, one

Committee Motion 373-19(2): Committee Report 45-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on Bill 60: An Act to Amend the Petroleum Products and Carbon Tax Act - Calls to Federal Government, Carried  Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that this Assembly call on the federal government to better recognize the specific needs and circumstances of the Northwest Territories in its climate change approach. These specific needs include significantly more funding to make renewable energy

Committee Motion 371-19(2): Tabled Document 813-19(2): 2023-2024 Main Estimates - Legislative Assembly - Deferral of Department (Page 5), Carried  Thank you, Madam Chair. So this is -- these are position listings for all of the folks that do water and environmental protection work in the -- and climate change and cumulative impacts in the department. And if you can see there's the two in the North Slave, those are folks tha