Bill 7: Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act 2024  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Tuesday, June 11th, 2024, I will present to the House Bill 8, An Act to Amend the Student Financial Assistance Act, to be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Motion 32-20(1): Increasing RCMP Response in Hay River, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wholeheartedly support the Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh bringing this motion. I think it's a wise -- it's a very targeted motion, which is in other words of saying here's a problem and here's a straightforward solution, and I recognize his

Question 270-20(1): Non-Governmental Organizations and the 2024-2025 Budget  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, just quickly back to the policy issue about revisiting our having a discussion, can we get a sense of when maybe the finance Minister could have that type of open dialogue so we can -- again, I'm trying to send a message of hope here and I'm l

Question 270-20(1): Non-Governmental Organizations and the 2024-2025 Budget  Thank you, and I appreciate that. And the Minister didn't say away as in, hey, I'm trying to school you. The Premier -- I appreciate you pointing it out that, yes, it does involve the Minister. So I'm saying I recognize and appreciate her tone on the response. That said, though,

Question 270-20(1): Non-Governmental Organizations and the 2024-2025 Budget  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'll provide that specific to the Minister. She's asked me who, I'll let her know. Mr. Speaker, she is in charge of FMB policies which are the overarching financial policies. Would the Minister open up a discussion with NGOs to ensure that our financial ma

Question 270-20(1): Non-Governmental Organizations and the 2024-2025 Budget  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, NGOs have been advocating to me to not support the current budget as presented. They feel that, in their words, that they're getting lip service on their issues, their multi-year agreements are largely ignored, and inflationary cost issues con

Question 263-20(1): Day Shelter Impacts  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there's a petition that I'll, in the near future, table before the House, not today, but it has over a thousand signatures. The point being is there's a lot of people concerned about the impacts. Would the Minister go to the community again, c

Question 263-20(1): Day Shelter Impacts  Mr. Speaker, we're getting awful close to a point of order wherein she keeps saying Indigenous people, and I feel it's drawing the attention of I'm trying to separate our field some motivation. There is none. So, Mr. Speaker, as I qualify that point, it's not about a racialized i

Question 263-20(1): Day Shelter Impacts  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And, again, I want to reaffirm that the merits and principles are not the issue of the shelter, so I want to make sure we never go on a tangent in the wrong direction on that. Mr. Speaker, the last shelter that was downtown had impacts. Security cameras t

Question 263-20(1): Day Shelter Impacts  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have questions for the Minister of Health and Social Services with respect to the monolith challenge and the impact challenge the day shelter is going to have on the community of Yellowknife Centre and Yellowknife at large. Mr. Speaker, I'd

Member's Statement 269-20(1): Impacts of Day Shelter  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Firstly, and I want to make it absolutely clear, there is shelter support downtown whereas in people don't mind having the day shelter on its way. Mr. Speaker, it's a project the community does acknowledge and certainly embraces in its own way. Mr. Speaker

Committee Motion 23-20(1): Committee Report 2-20(1) - Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Bill 2: Missing Persons Act - Government Response, Carried  Well, now that I have the mic and I have nine minutes and 45 seconds -- no, no, Madam Chair, I'm going to pass, in all seriousness, on this page. And I'll raise it as needed. Thank you.

Committee Motion 23-20(1): Committee Report 2-20(1) - Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Bill 2: Missing Persons Act - Government Response, Carried  It's all yours to use. All yours.

Motion 31-20(1): Cross-Border Crime Reduction Forum, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ever so briefly, as the downtown Member of this Assembly -- and when I refer to downtown, that's Yellowknife Centre -- it's a very urban riding and it's impacted heavily by this. This is -- when I spoke to the neighbourhoods in the community, in the core o

Motion 33-20(1): Municipal Funding Gap  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Monday, June 10th, 2024, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, that the Government of the Northwest Territories reallocate funding resources without delay to implement th