Question 623-18(3): Fuel Prices in Nunakput  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Earlier I spoke about the cost of living in Nunakput, and my questions are for the Minister of Infrastructure. My question is: how does the Minister justify the recent increase of fuel prices in Nunakput, given the mandate priority of reducing the cost of

Fuel Prices in Nunakput  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The cost of living in Nunakput is the highest in the Northwest Territories. On February 18th, the price of diesel fuel in Paulatuk went up almost 17 percent, hitting $1.94 per litre. The cost of regular gasoline is up to $1.98 a litre. Prices went up in Sa

Committee Report 13-18(3): Report on the Review of Bill 31: Northwest Territories 911 Act  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a proper copy here now. The Public Review of Bill 31 To commence its review of Bill 31, the Standing Committee on Government Operations sent letters inviting input from an extensive list of stakeholders, including all municipal and Indigenous gove

Committee Report 12-18(3): Report on the Review of the 2018 Report of the Auditor General of Canada on Northwest Territories Child and Family Services  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Services for Children in Temporary and Permanent Care Transferring Guardianship of Children in the Care of the Director The OAG found that in 22 cases CPWs, without the knowledge of senior staff in the authorities or the department, "worked with [child

Eulogy for Ella Jean Arnakina Nogasak  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to commend the first two speakers who have spoken in their language, and I am going to speak about an elder in Tuktoyaktuk who is very fluent in Inuvialuqtun. Mr. Speaker, Ella Jean Arnakina was born in the community of Tuktoyaktuk to Sara an

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I believe so. I am sorry for my confusion. I don't think I have anything else right now, Mr. Chair. Thank you.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Last year, during the last November sitting, there was $100,000 from ITI to help Tuktoyaktuk with the current visitor centre that they have there now. I believe the department had allocated $100,000 to possibly look at upgrading the visitor centre that

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate that. I don't know if this is the section. I know Tuktoyaktuk, during the last year's business plans, during sitting last year, there was $100,000 allocated for the community of Tuktoyaktuk to possibly look at upgrading the current visitor centr

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. On page 211, the Northern Food Development Program, can I just have a little bit of information for that for this year, please? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's good to hear, actually. Having that little bit of infrastructure could probably go a long way to serving the coastal communities, and even outside the territory, and outside the country. I appreciate the hard work that they're doing as a department to

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate that. Looking at that, talking about fuel, fuel services and long-term plans, there's a lot of infrastructure up in the North that we don't see as civilians. There are radar sites and other types of infrastructure that need heating and need fuel

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate that response. Last year was a tough ice year, and Transport Canada forecasts 2019 to be an even worse year. It's good to hear that the Minister is looking at plans to serve the communities, and hopefully sooner, if we can. I know, during last y

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate that. That's a good response. On the next line, I know MTS, I gave the Minister a hard time last year on MTS, and I know it's not an easy undertaking to take over something like that, and it takes multiple departments to make it work good, and I

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks to the Minister for that. Getting back to that, you talk about the Arctic Energy Alliance. There's $1.6 million. I know it's run not by the government, but for the government. Mr. Chair, I think a good thing for the Minister and his department to look

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks for that. Four lines down to energy, there seems to be an increase from 2017-2018 to 2019-2020. Could the Minister give a little bit of information on that, please? Thank you.