Question 1428-19(2): Disaster Assistance Policy  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister of MACA explain why under the disaster assistance policy the term "disaster" is narrowly defined to those events that affects a large area or a large number of people from an extraordinary event? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery  I would like to recognize Al Karasiuk, the principal of PWK High School, a constituent and a great friend of mine.

Member Statement 1428-19(2): Natural Disasters  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, for my statement today I am going to talk about the disaster assistance policy under the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. Mr. Speaker, last year, the Government of the Northwest Territories completed a comprehensive review of MA

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  My last statement that I want to make is that I'm very happy that the board will be named next week. I look forward to a board of governors for the college. Long overdue. And I will support them in any way I can. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  I'm very, very proud that we have this, the polytechnic headquarters in Fort Smith but I would -- you know, there's two positions. We talk about decentralization, and we have two borrowed positions that are here in Yellowknife from the polytechnic headquarters. And as the communi

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  On page 60, where it has the labour development and advanced education active positions, under headquarters and North Slave, which those two should be together. You know, they're always -- I don't know who separates these but there's 33 positions there, and the rest is 26. So I'm

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. First of all, I want to thank the Minister for paying a visit to the future headquarters of the polytechnic university in Fort Smith in January. It was a really incredible visit. It was on -- it was a very cold day that day. And we went to each classroom,

Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery  I would like to recognize Greg Dunn from Ulu. I became friends with him just by talking to him every day as I was leaving the building and coming in, and I wish him well in the future. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Member's Statement 1417-19(2): Wood Buffalo Frolics  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, next weekend from March 9th to 12th, Fort Smith will be hosting the annual winter carnival, Wood Buffalo Frolics. This year will mark the first time since 2019 that Fort Smith's beloved carnival will be taking place. It was cancelled twice bec

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  I just want to recognize the dedication of the staff of PWK and of the elementary school in Fort Smith. You know, a lot of that time and effort, even in the Phoenix program, they can bring their children there at night. And a lot of the programming is done at night. And, you know

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. I just want to reiterate that, you know, in the South Slave I'm very proud that my community is a leader in education, and education is extremely important to the South Slave. And a couple of things that I want to talk about today is, you know, I always --

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  I don't have any other questions.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Mr. Speaker, I do not want to take away from the French or the English languages that we have to know in order to progress to post-secondary. I'm not doing that because those are also a key to our education system. But the main key for the Indigenous people of the North is that t

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. And I read the whole report from the language commissioner, and I was quite concerned about a couple things. One of them is that the language commissioner has said in that report that English and French are priority items within the language thing and the

Bill 73: An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 4  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Monday, March the 6th, 2023, I will present Bill 73, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 4, to be ready for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.