Bill 98: An Act to Amend the Emergency Management Act, Carried  Thank you. I believe that Indigenous governments should have been consulted and given the opportunity to deal with their own people before they were shipped south to be treated terribly down there. Thank you.

Bill 98: An Act to Amend the Emergency Management Act, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you to my colleague. I had written in the chat that I did want to speak to this bill. Mr. Speaker, I have spent the time since I left Yellowknife late Thursday evening dealing with numerous uncountable emails and messages and phone calls from pe

Recorded Vote  In favour.

Recorded Vote  In favour.

Bill 93: Practice of Engineering, Geoscience and Applied Science Technology Act, Carried  Thank you. I promise I'll keep it brief. I just wanted to say that it's exciting to me as an engineer, a professional engineer, to see this bill coming into the department that makes a lot more sense for it to reside in. The Department of Infrastructure probably, I think it's fai

Question 1566-19(2): Income Assistance payment Delay  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do appreciate that this could just be a one-off but given that I'm hearing from my colleagues they are also getting emails of the same, I think this is a glitch or something is happening in the payment system. Can the Minister commit to ensuring that tha

Question 1566-19(2): Income Assistance payment Delay  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I literally have people telling me they were asked to submit new forms at the beginning of this week so I'm not sure what's going on here. And I do appreciate the Minister needs to look into this. Can the Minister tell us is this also affecting the seniors

Question 1566-19(2): Income Assistance payment Delay  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm glad to hear that, and I do appreciate that the Minister is responsive. However, it's my understanding that this delay has been caused by changes to the disability payment and as such, people were submitting documents early this week. And so my questio

Question 1566-19(2): Income Assistance payment Delay  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of ECE. As I've been sitting here this morning, I've been getting messages from residents that people on income assistance being -- with payments for disabilities have not received their payment yet this week. It's my unde

Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I also want to thank the interpreters, but I also want to apologize to them. I know that I am one of the ones that's all a repeat offender for speaking too quickly in the House, and I know they all bear with me and I appreciate it. I also want to thank the

Member's Statement 1574-19(2): History of Indigenous Peoples  Thank you. Mr. Speaker, June is National Indigenous History Month. Throughout the month Canadians will be acknowledging Indigenous Peoples, First Nations, the Inuit, and the Metis. As settlers, my ancestors were welcomed to these lands by Indigenous people. They were taught how

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. I don't really have anything to add to what my colleague has already expressed, which I think she did a very good job on capturing how the discussion went through the committee and noting, in particular, the concerns of Indigenous governments and organizat

Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery(reversion)  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I also rise to recognize the members of NAPEG that have joined us here today for the first reading of the bill. Yes, first reading of the bill - make sure I have that right. One of the really interesting things about this group -- I've already acknowledge

Written Question 66-19(2): Government of the Northwest Territories Intervention Challenging Federal Law C-92  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Government of the Northwest Territories intervened in Attorney General of Quebec et al versus the Attorney General of Canada, which is a challenge to a federal law, C-92, which provides for First Nation, Inuit, and Metis governments to imp

Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I also rise to recognize Ed Hoff in the galley. I have known Ed since I was here 15 years ago. He has been a great mentor and friend, and I'm not sure that he actually has retired because I don't think engineers really retire; we just consult until the end