Report Of Committee Of The Whole  Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Minister's Statement 4-20(1), Minister's Statement 5-20(1), Minister's Statement 17-20(1), Minister's Statement 24-20(1) and would like to report progress. And, Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be c

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Okay, thank you. There is a motion on the floor to report progress, and the motion is in order and non-debatable. All those in favour to the motion. All those opposed? Motion carried. ---Carried I will now rise and report progress. Mahsi.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you. Does committee agree?

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you. Calling committee to order. I now call Committee of the Whole to order. What is the wish of committee? I'm going to go to Inuvik Boot Lake, Mr. Rodgers.

Question 146-20(1): Treaty Rights  Thank you. And I understand the negotiation process. I was part of that process as well. Going back to 1967 to date, so it'd be nice if this government could start looking as to how we're going to be dealing with taxation through that process so that -- sorry? To the question. Th

Question 146-20(1): Treaty Rights  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Premier. Mr. Speaker, as you know that the territorial council -- or the Territorial Council Act was created in 1967. That's 67 years ago. So my question to the primary is will the Premier consider developing some taxation to Indigenous governme

Question 146-20(1): Treaty Rights  Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Part of the oath of office for all the MLAs, again, it just talks about that we'll continue to honour and respect the treaties signed with Indigenous governments, so help me God. So I am happy to hear that from the Premier. Thank you for that. How do

Question 146-20(1): Treaty Rights  Premier. Mahsi.

Question 146-20(1): Treaty Rights  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Now that Canada and the GNWT's bound legally by section 35 in UNDRIP to bring themselves in compliance with Treaty 8 and Treaty 11 rights, the question is how is this new government working to implement section 35 UNDRIP with existing treaties in partnersh

Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery  Mr. Speaker, I too want to recognize former MLA Kevin O'Reilly. I still remember the days we used to play hockey; I'm still faster. But anyway, Mr. Speaker, I also want to recognize Marc Casaway, Mary Sundberg, Jonas Lafferty, all the translators out of here. I want to say mahsi;

Member's Statement 149-20(1): Taxing Treaty People  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission strongly recommends that the full and meaningful implementation of the United Nation Declaration of Rights of Indigenous People in order to achieve reconciliation. Last year the previous Assembly pa

Motion 21-20(1): Taking Action to Address Housing as a Human Right, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I too will be supporting this motion. In the last two years I've been advocating housing is a big issue in our riding and throughout the Northwest Territories, and to this day I still got a family member in Lutselk'e that are taking out 16 buckets of raw s

Motion 20-20(1): Affirming Housing as a Human Right, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I too rise to give support to this motion. As you know, yesterday I brought the issue up of housing and there were some questions I brought up. Again, the housing corporation is going on 52 years old. I mentioned the policies just don't work for the people

Question 132-20(1): Akaitcho Agreement in Principle Negotiations  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Premier. Would the Premier be able to go back and talk to the Indigenous leaders and figure a way around how we could get Akaitcho involved to getting royalties off their backyard? I think if we could maybe start that dialogue, that would be gre

Question 132-20(1): Akaitcho Agreement in Principle Negotiations  Thank you. In the 19th Assembly, we passed the UNDRIP bill and more or less defining the Indigenous rights of the people here in the Northwest Territories. Can the Premier ask -- my question is to Premier, again. It's unfair that my region is being excluded from not signing on to