Tabled Document 39-20(1): Education Accountability Framework - South Slave Divisional Education Council Operating Plan for the 2023-2024 School Year Tabled Document 40-20(1): Annual Reports for the Education Bodies of the Northwest Territories for the 2022-2023 School Year ending June 30, 2023 - Volumes 1 and 2  Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following two documents: Education Accountability Framework - South Slave Divisional Education Council Operating Plan for the 2023-2024 School Year; and, Annual Reports for the Education Bodies of the Northwest Territories for the School Year Endi

Minister's Statement 21-20(1): Enhancing the Northwest Territories Workforce  Mr. Speaker, in recent years employers have faced challenges in recruiting the employees they need to succeed. The Northwest Territories, and Canada as a whole, are currently experiencing a tight labour market, which means we have more jobs than available workers. Mr. Speaker, w

Minister's Statement 25-20(1): Revitalization of the Great Slave Lake Fishery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Government of the Northwest Territories is committed to revitalizing the Great Slave Lake commercial fishery. The Northwest Territories has a long history of commercial fishing. From the 1950s to the 1990s, production varied between 750,00

Question 115-20(1): Support for Mineral Exploration and Extraction  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, first off I appreciate the Member's enthusiasm and support of the mineral resource sector. Right now we are undergoing a little bit of a different strategy at Cabinet, not one where I'm being asked to double numbers at the moment, bu

Question 115-20(1): Support for Mineral Exploration and Extraction  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this is something that we hear quite a bit about on both sides of the table here, and so one of the things that the Minister for Environment and Climate Change and I are doing is doing bilaterals together, both between ourselves and

Question 115-20(1): Support for Mineral Exploration and Extraction  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I was reminded to slow down so my apologies to the interpreters. Getting the MARS system and going on a journey to MARS with the Member is definitely a priority, and I look forward to continuing to find out if there are solutions to getting t

Question 115-20(1): Support for Mineral Exploration and Extraction  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Member. This is a huge topic that is right across industry, and one of the things that we hear is one of the biggest barriers when doing business and securing investment in our territory is our infrastructure deficit. That be

Question 119-20(1): Closure and Remediation of the Norman Wells Oil Field  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the remediation of the Norman Wells oil field will be managed by the owner of that lease that's on that property, which is Imperial Oil Resources. However, what I can say is due to ongoing development in the planning process on that

Question 119-20(1): Closure and Remediation of the Norman Wells Oil Field  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, what I can say on the collaboration between ITI and the federal government, as well as with local communities, Mr. Speaker, is that ITI is doing what it can in order to support local businesses as far as business development. There's

Question 119-20(1): Closure and Remediation of the Norman Wells Oil Field  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this is probably a little bit more of an ECE question and kind of a marriage between the two departments, which is so nice to be able to wear both hats. But as far as Aurora College is concerned with that date, they have informed us that they

Question 119-20(1): Closure and Remediation of the Norman Wells Oil Field  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in addition to the program development that's currently underway with Aurora College that I just spoke of, what I think is best positioned to be inputted here in the response to this question is really promoting both apprenticeships

Question 120-20(1): Giant Mine Remediation Project Workforce  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this working group is responsible for implementing and coordinating activities to support the multi-year Giant Mine Remediation Project Socio-Economic Agreement, or strategy, and a staff member that we do have sitting on this group is a labour

Question 120-20(1): Giant Mine Remediation Project Workforce  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Member's correct, ECE did partner with an external entity to develop the North Slave regional training hub. And the goal of this was really to provide and improve coordination between employment-related training and potential pro

Question 120-20(1): Giant Mine Remediation Project Workforce  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have a tremendous amount of training opportunities and education opportunities for people here in the Northwest Territories. And I believe that, really, the response to this question is an all-of-government response where really i

Question 120-20(1): Giant Mine Remediation Project Workforce  Mr. Speaker, I might add that might have been my influence from the 19th Assembly. Mr. Speaker, I'm very excited about the SNAP program. The SNAP program has grown tremendously in the last number of years. What the SNAP program comes down to is employers willing to employ studen