Question 27-20(1): Guaranteed Basic Income Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And my colleague to the right just reminded me to slow down as well, so thank you for that. I am always happy to speak with social development. Social development will always have a warm place in my heart, and I'm always happy to be invited. Thank you.
February 8th, 2024Assembly debate Oral Questions
Question 27-20(1): Guaranteed Basic Income Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Member for the question. This definitely would be quite a huge undertaking, and I'm excited to learn of Nunavut's undertaking of it and the study that they're currently doing. I know that the department has reached out to Nun
February 8th, 2024Assembly debate Oral Questions
Minister's Statement 7-20(1): AME Roundup 2024 Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, last month I attended AME Roundup in Vancouver, where I had the privilege of representing Northwest Territories' residents and advocating for their interests in the realm of resource development. Roundup showcases the Northwest Territories' re
February 8th, 2024Assembly debate Ministers' Statements
Question 22-20(1): Funding for Childcare Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, inflation was not something that was built into the original agreement, and this is something that we are hearing across the country from all jurisdictions that have and share the same concerns. The funding agreements were signed bef
February 7th, 2024Assembly debate Oral Questions
Question 22-20(1): Funding for Childcare Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Member for the question. And I think it's a fair question. And in acknowledgement of the fact that the sector and stakeholders are working with the department, I want to say absolutely as soon as possible with a target of ear
February 7th, 2024Assembly debate Oral Questions
Question 22-20(1): Funding for Childcare Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I know that the department is doing their best to work with stakeholders in the sector in order to determine what those numbers are going to look like. I know that in some instances, the department is actually working through individ
February 7th, 2024Assembly debate Oral Questions
Question 18-20(1): Foreign Investment and Security Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we just had the opportunity as Cabinet -- well, there was four of us, plus we also had another MLA from the other side, the MLA for the Sahtu, that went down to Roundup in the last month. We had the opportunity to speak to many diffe
February 7th, 2024Assembly debate Oral Questions
Question 18-20(1): Foreign Investment and Security Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Government of the Northwest Territories is well aware of the securities council that the government of Yukon has put in place. We were excited to see some of the names on that council because those are people that we have had the
February 7th, 2024Assembly debate Oral Questions
Question 18-20(1): Foreign Investment and Security Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. And, Mr. Speaker, what I want to start off by saying actually here is that I actually want to thank the Member for giving me the opportunity to speak about this on the floor of the House. I know this is something that has been in -- I like to tal
February 7th, 2024Assembly debate Oral Questions
Question 18-20(1): Foreign Investment and Security Thank you very much. I'll respond to many things; that's okay. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we don't have a similar mechanism to that. We here in the Northwest Territories, that type of responsibility would fall to the federal government under the Investment Can
February 7th, 2024Assembly debate Oral Questions
Question 12-20(1): Children's First Society Funding Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this isn't yet a done conversation. The department is still working with this sector in order to figure out what works best for everybody involved. And this is a relationship that I am absolutely committed to. I have spoken with the
February 7th, 2024Assembly debate Oral Questions
Question 12-20(1): Children's First Society Funding Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I've had the opportunity to actually at this point, in my term as Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, to sit down with the association and have a very frank conversation with them about their concerns and about what they'r
February 7th, 2024Assembly debate Oral Questions
Question 12-20(1): Children's First Society Funding Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the dollars aren't awarded or allotted by region. They are subsidies that are provided to child care providers across the Northwest Territories. So it would be -- the subsidies would be in relation to how many children, if those chil
February 7th, 2024Assembly debate Oral Questions
Question 12-20(1): Children's First Society Funding Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. And thank you very much to the Member. I was very excited to hear the Member refer to the virtual meeting that NWT Early Childhood Association had with their stakeholders because I was able to sit in on that meeting last year as a Regular Member,
February 7th, 2024Assembly debate Oral Questions
Question 11-20(1): Home Heating Subsidy for Elders Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, how the thresholds are currently set up, they're divided into three separate zones, and these zones take into account the size of the communities and where the communities are located within the Northwest Territories. So, for example
February 6th, 2024Assembly debate Page 11 Oral Questions