Question 70-20(1): Increasing Indigenous Hiring within the Government of the Northwest Territories  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So if the Member wants to provide the Minister of Finance with some specifics about the instances he's talking about, I'm sure the Minister of Finance will be happy to look into those. Thank you.

Question 70-20(1): Increasing Indigenous Hiring within the Government of the Northwest Territories  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I'll do my best of course. The Minister of Finance isn't here today, and so I know that questions directed to other -- it would normally go to other Ministers than come to the Premier when the appropriate Minister is not here. Just a bit of education t

Question 68-20(1): Delivery of Essential Services by Non-Government Organizations  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And once again, I think this is great timing for these questions because as we embark on implementation of the homelessness strategy, those are the types of actions that we will be undertaking - how can we ensure that NGOs have stable funding? You know, I

Question 68-20(1): Delivery of Essential Services by Non-Government Organizations  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Many of those contracts are based on federal funding and so we have very limited abilities in those situations. When it's GNWT funding, there's a greater ability to collaborate. But I'll just take a guess that we could probably do more collaboration. I thi

Question 68-20(1): Delivery of Essential Services by Non-Government Organizations  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So the government has relationships with the NGOs and so is aware of the turnover within NGOs and even just personally, you know, I'm aware of my constituency of the issues NGOs have in retaining staff. And so, yes, we are aware of those staffing turnovers

Question 68-20(1): Delivery of Essential Services by Non-Government Organizations  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. No, there is no centralized collection of those. There is a number of departments and agencies with contracts and contributions with non-profits, but I can say that the -- as part of our homelessness strategy, A Way Home, the integrated services delivery t

Minister's Statement 16-20(1): Minister Absent from the House  Mr. Speaker, I wish to advise Members that the Honourable Caroline Wawzonek will be absent from the House for the remainder of the week to attend the meetings for federal, provincial, territorial Ministers responsible for transportation and safety in Montreal. Thank you.

Question 62-20(1): Consultation with Members of the Legislative Assembly on Policies and Strategies  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As that's not in my department, I'm going to have to take that on notice. Thank you.

Question 62-20(1): Consultation with Members of the Legislative Assembly on Policies and Strategies  Of course not, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

Question 61-20(1): Tsiigehtchic Access to Health and Justice Services  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And so as was mentioned earlier, the polytechnic or the Aurora College is now arm's length, and it is governed by a board. That being said, if there is a case for a program and there's money attached to it, then the college can always look at delivering th

Question 61-20(1): Tsiigehtchic Access to Health and Justice Services  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And like I said, we're always having those conversations. The RCMP, they are a federal entity, but they are contracted by the GNWT, and so an increase in service in one area is -- it goes through the GNWT, so. And I think that if we work for the RCMP and w

Question 61-20(1): Tsiigehtchic Access to Health and Justice Services  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Speaking as the Minister of Justice, I can tell the Members that the conversations about resourcing in the Northwest Territories for RCMP are ongoing. There's always conversations happening. The RCMP are looking at their workload and bringing forward propo

Question 54-20(1): Public Release of Policies before Input by Members of the Legislative Assembly  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So those documents, those are under the Department of Finance, so I'd like to redirect that to the Minister of Finance. Thank you.

Question 53-20(1): Maintenance of Rental Units  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So during this Assembly, I look forward to seeing how we can address some of the issues that we face with housing at large in the territory. I know when we talk about housing, it's often subsidized housing but there's issues with market housing as well. An

Question 53-20(1): Maintenance of Rental Units  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So the rental office enforces the Residential Tenancies Act, and that is applicable when there is an agreement between a tenant and the landlord. So while there are other government entities that may monitor environmental health, such as the environment he