Question 116-20(1): Daylight Savings Time  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And the Member referenced the Yukon and, of course, the Yukon got rid of the time change a couple years ago. They intended to piggyback off British Columbia who announced that they were going to do the same. It turns out that they didn't go through with it

Question 116-20(1): Daylight Savings Time  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. No one would like that more than me. I was really pushing for this in the last government. Unfortunately I can't make that commitment. There's a variety of reasons. It is unfortunately a much more labour intensive and much more complicated task than people

Question 114-20(1): Draft Order for Wildfire Inquiry  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm happy to once again publicly state that I will table the draft order as laid out in the motion. Thank you.

Bill 2: Missing Persons Act, Carried  Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, that Bill 2, Missing Persons Act, be read for the second time. The proposed Missing Persons Act will enhance the RCMP's ability to investigate missing persons cases and will allow them to move more qui

Tabled Document 41-20(1): Plain Language Summary for Bill 2: Missing Persons Act Tabled Document 41-20(1): Statement of Consistency for Bill 2: Missing Persons Act  Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following two documents: Plain Language Summary for Bill 2: Missing Persons Act; and, a Statement of Consistency for Bill 2: Missing Persons Act. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Question 104-20(1): Addressing Cost of Living and Cost of Government  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And so once we are done this sitting, we are going to go right into developing a mandate which will then inform the upcoming budget and so it's through that process that Members will see what is being considered. It is where we will get that input back fro

Question 104-20(1): Addressing Cost of Living and Cost of Government  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I'm happy to look into that. If we are doing something and it's costing us more than it's worth, then we need to look at why we are spending that much money. Oftentimes there are practical reasons why we have to do something, even if it does cost us mo

Question 104-20(1): Addressing Cost of Living and Cost of Government  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So we are -- you know, we're a new Assembly. We just released the fiscal strategy. We just set our priorities as an Assembly. And we are now working on the mandate. And so we are looking at all of those -- all of the fees that we charge, services for which

Question 104-20(1): Addressing Cost of Living and Cost of Government  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So when we talk about efficiencies, that is one of the things that I wanted to focus on coming into this role, ensuring that we are doing what we need to do as a government, not doing things that we don't need to be doing. So ensuring that we spend every d

Question 103-20(1): Alcohol Strategy Implementation  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I must be confused on the rules; I thought I could defer the question at any time. Okay, thank you.

Question 103-20(1): Alcohol Strategy Implementation  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm happy to answer all of the government questions but the alcohol strategy does lie with the Department of Health and Social Services, and so the Minister of Health and Social Services would be best positioned to respond to this question. So I'd like to

Question 103-20(1): Alcohol Strategy Implementation  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. All-of-government approach. Thank you.

Question 98-20(1): Non-Government Organization Funding  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm always looking to cut red tape. I know there have been improvements made in reporting for at least some of the contribution agreements that we have. But, again, we can always do more. And, again, it is a balancing act. These are public dollars, and we

Question 98-20(1): Non-Government Organization Funding  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Communication -- bad communication is the cause of 80 percent of the problems. That's been my experience in this role or as an MLA over the past eight years. And so I'm always looking towards ways to improve communication, and I'll have that conversation w

Question 98-20(1): Non-Government Organization Funding  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We have to look at what is being offered, what is needed, and what funding we have available. So it's a combination of those three things. It's not just what the NGO is offering and what services they're providing, it's also whether or not it is a priority