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, 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

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

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.

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

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 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 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, 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 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

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  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, 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 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 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