Question 122-20(1): Income Assistance for Persons with Disabilities  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I appreciated the Member referencing the press release from August. Unfortunately, the Education, Culture and Employment Income Assistance Program, which was slated to be brought into force before we began the 20th Assembly, has unfo

Question 122-20(1): Income Assistance for Persons with Disabilities  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, ECE employs what's called client navigators, and the client navigators work for income assistance and are responsible for providing that support to income assistance clients. And I can say that Behchoko does have a client navigator t

Question 122-20(1): Income Assistance for Persons with Disabilities  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, clients who are denied would be able to work with their client navigator to be able to access the appeal process and would be able to access that right away. It is recommended that they do that immediately once they find out that the

Question 122-20(1): Income Assistance for Persons with Disabilities  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, what I would say to that one is because there might be, you know, some things that I don't know about in my role here as Minister, I don't have eyes on to all the applications that do come through income assistance, but as always if there is a

Question 126-20(1): Income Assistance for Persons with Disabilities  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I always like to do my best to answer questions, but I simply don't have the level of detail about how particular dollars are calculated for each family and how their children are calculated in that. I'd be really happy to get that information

Tabled Document 47-20(1): 2022-2023 Annual Report on Official Languages Tabled Document 48-20(1): Aurora College Annual Report 2022-2023  Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following two documents: 2022-2023 Annual Report on Official Languages; and, Aurora College Annual Report 2022-2023. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Minister's Statement 28-20(1): Celebrating Francophonie in the Northwest Territories  [Translation] Mr. Speaker, March is Rendez-vous de la Francophonie, a nationwide celebration of French language and culture. This year, the Government of the Northwest Territories has teamed up with our Francophone partners CDETNO, College Nordique, and La Federation franco-teno

Question 131-20(1): 2SLGBTQIPA+ Safety in Northwest Territories Schools  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to start today by letting the Member know and letting residents of the Northwest Territories know that as the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, I will not endorse or support policies that -- or legislation that

Question 131-20(1): 2SLGBTQIPA+ Safety in Northwest Territories Schools  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, ECE collaborates regularly with the Northern Mosaic Network through the safe and caring school subcommittee. And this supports education bodies' needs around ensuring that 2SLGBTQIPA+ youth are -- have access to safety, equity, and inclusion.

Question 131-20(1): 2SLGBTQIPA+ Safety in Northwest Territories Schools  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in addition to the items that I have already mentioned, there is also a gender support plan that schools have which provides a guide for staff members to understand ways a student's gender can be affirmed while the student is support

Question 131-20(1): 2SLGBTQIPA+ Safety in Northwest Territories Schools  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So, Mr. Speaker, the draft NWT adapted curriculum does have topics on gender and identity that are covered in grades 4, 5, 6, and 9 that I indicated earlier this week that those are the grades trialing the new curriculum. So in the draft curriculum, grades

Question 134-20(1): On-the-Land Education  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the draft NWT adapted curriculum is streamlined, and it focuses on competency building more than content retention. So this actually ends up providing more opportunities for place-based learning, which in our northern communities translates in

Question 134-20(1): On-the-Land Education  Yes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Question 134-20(1): On-the-Land Education  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I'm too long, I'm too short; I just don't know. I'm happy to provide information. School education bodies receive funding directly. People can also apply for separate funding. There is also funding available through Aurora College when they part

Question 136-20(1): Student Financial Assistance  Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this was -- this idea was explored in the previous Assembly when the review of Student Financial Assistance was done and, at that time, the decision was made to not expand the cap and to put dollars from ECE, in fact, into other prog