Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. Of the $75 million ask, I guess, will a portion -- or what portion of it will be used to offset the costs incurred by local governments, you know, as of today because most of the -- you know, most of our local fire departments are volunteers but they are u

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the Member for Yellowknife North had asked for a high-level breakdown of costs. And I'd like to see that include what went out to local, regional, territorial, and businesses outside the NWT as well because this is something -- is this somethi

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. And that's all.

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  What?

Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. Yeah, I just want to, I guess, a couple comments and, you know -- you know, the Minister's now asking and this government's asking for another $75 million to continue with the fires, you know, the firefighting efforts going on, and rightfully so. There's a

Question 1572-19(2): Dredging  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That was pretty well the only question I had. And I'd like to thank the Minister for the work that the department has done to make this happen. Like I say, you know, in the last probably 20 years we haven't seen anything happen with the channel, and I thin

Question 1572-19(2): Dredging  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was kind of worried there that I might not have time, but. Mr. Speaker, from the start of this 19th Assembly, I have talked about dredging. People want to call it harbour remediation, they want to call it harbour restoration, whatever. But really it is

Question 1563-19(2): Evacuee Compensation  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, a lot of work has been done on this, but the question is has any money been disbursed yet and, if not, when will it be disbursed? Because people are still calling, they're still waiting and, you know, hopefully within these next few days we'll

Question 1563-19(2): Evacuee Compensation  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, first of all, I'd like to say thank you to the United Way for all they've done throughout this event, you know, and the support they provided to KFN and Hay River residents. So, Mr. Speaker, the United Way now, I understand, is responsible of

Question 1563-19(2): Evacuee Compensation  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And, Mr. Speaker, with the roll out of any type of funds, there's always a cutoff date and I just want to make sure that, you know, that any evacuees do not miss that cutoff date because there was some confusion as who may or may not be able to actually ap

Question 1563-19(2): Evacuee Compensation  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, for those persons that made application for the Evacuee Income Distribution Support Program, can the Minister of Finance confirm if there is a telephone number, as of yet, that applicants can call to follow up on the status of their applicatio

Member's Statement 1569-19(2): Congratulations to Graduates  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as this school year ends, I would like to recognize and congratulate all those students from Hay River, Enterprise, West Point First Nation, and K'atlodeeche First Nation, who are graduating from Ecole Boreale, Diamond Jenness Secondary School

Question 1559-19(2): Financial Support for Evacuees  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And hopefully maybe I can get that number by break time. Will the Minister confirm what programs are available to self-employed persons or companies to help offset loss of revenue while evacuation orders in place? Because there was a number of companies a

Question 1559-19(2): Financial Support for Evacuees  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And, Mr. Speaker, now the question is where is the money? Or show me the money. Will the Minister commit her staff to getting the evacuee income disruption support payments out as quickly as possible to applicants? And one thing that they've been asking fo