Question 53-20(1): Maintenance of Rental Units  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So the Residential Tenancies Act will be reviewed during this government so all of those issues can be looked at. The access to the rental officer, any barriers that tenants might be facing; we can look at all of that. I cannot commit to remove any barrier

Question 53-20(1): Maintenance of Rental Units  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So in terms of the government's role in the repair and maintenance of privately-owned residential units, we have the Residential Tenancies Act and, of course, this is administered by the NWT rental officer. The act requires landlords to maintain premises i

Minister's Statement 12-20(1): Minister Absent from the House  Mr. Speaker, I wish to advise Members that the Honourable Vince McKay will be absent from the House today and tomorrow to attend meetings of the federal, provincial, territorial Ministers responsible for emergency management in Ottawa. Thank you.

Motion to Postpone Consideration of Motion 9-20(1): Establishing a Public Inquiry into the 2023 Wildfires, to February 22, 2024, Carried  Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member from Yellowknife South, that the motion be postponed to Thursday, February 22nd, 2024. Thank you.

Tabled Document 17-20(1): Northwest Territories Coroner Service 2022 Annual Report Tabled Document 18-20(1): 34th Annual Report 2022-2023 Victims Assistance Committee of the Northwest Territories Tabled Document 19-20(1): Administration of the Northwest Territories Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act Annual Report 2022-2023 Tabled Document 20-20(1): Department of Justice Corrections Service Annual Report 2022-2023 Tabled Document 21-20(1): Northwest Territories Law Foundation 40th Annual Report for the Period Ending June 30, 2022 Tabled Document 22-20(1): Legal Aid Commission of the Northwest Territories Annual Report 2022-2023 Tabled Document 23-20(1): Annual Report on the Activities of the Rental Officer - April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023 Tabled Document 24-20(1): Territorial Police Service Agreement - RCMP Annual Report (2022-2023)  Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following eight documents: Northwest Territories Coroner Service 2022 Annual Report; 34th Annual Report 2022-2023 Victims Assistance Committee of the Northwest Territories; Administration of the Northwest Territories Access to Information and Prot

Question 42-20(1): Supreme Court of Canada Ruling regarding the Indigenous Child Welfare Act  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This decision was made by me as Attorney General in the last government. The Attorney General makes decisions in a way that is apolitical. There is no desire to put a political lens on these decisions. What was in question was a very specific legal questio

Question 42-20(1): Supreme Court of Canada Ruling regarding the Indigenous Child Welfare Act  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We were happy to see that the decision was in line with the principles that we are already upholding, so we will continue to do what we're doing. Thank you.

Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to recognize the chiefs as the Premier, so I'd like to recognize Chief Betsina and Chief Sangris. We always appreciate when they show up in the House, and I look forward to continuing to work with them over the next four years. Thank you.

Question 36-20(1): Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Requests  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, there needs to be some relief for the staff and this process needs to be one that is doable and achievable. And so based on that review, we'll make a decision about which direction we go. I don't think it's unreasonable to think that setting some more

Question 36-20(1): Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Requests  Thank you. There is a statutory requirement in the act to conclude the review within 18 months of the start of the 20th Assembly. So it must be done before the summer of 2025. Hopefully sooner, but that remains to be seen depending on what the priorities of this Assembly wind up

Question 36-20(1): Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Requests  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm confident that the timeliness will improve. I'm not sure if the issue at large will be corrected. Across Canada, governments are struggling to fulfill these ATIP requests. Because of the parameters around them, they're very labour intensive. They take

Question 36-20(1): Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Requests  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And the access privacy office has seen an increase in requests and an increase in the complexity of those requests. I'm not sure if there's a huge public demand. It's a relatively small group of people that are being served by that office. There's companie

Question 32-20(1): Government of the Northwest Territories Indigenous Procurement Policy  Yes.

Question 32-20(1): Government of the Northwest Territories Indigenous Procurement Policy  Working on it, Mr. Speaker. There's a lot of voices in the room so it's taking some time, but we'll get there. Thank you.

Question 32-20(1): Government of the Northwest Territories Indigenous Procurement Policy  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So I have been Premier a couple months now, and there's many different things in this portfolio. For some reason, there's homelessness, there's procurement, all sorts of different things. So I'm still wrapping my head around every single policy that we hav