Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters Marsi cho, Madam Chair. I move that the chair rise and report progress.
February 4th, 2021Assembly debate Page 1762 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Question 489-19(2): High Water Levels in Taltson and Slave River Basin Marsi cho, Mr. Speaker. That's interesting. You're not going to hear the last of that from me, so I'm going to be probing a little more on that. My last question, and this is probably the most important. I had mentioned before, hunting and trapping 30 or 40 years ago helped to pu
February 4th, 2021Assembly debate Page 1731 Oral Questions
Question 489-19(2): High Water Levels in Taltson and Slave River Basin Again, probably some more questions will be coming in the form of a written statement for those responses. I thank you for those responses. I am going to switch gears a little bit here. I want to think about some of the land users, the hunters and trappers in the area. Some of th
February 4th, 2021Assembly debate Page 1731 Oral Questions
Question 489-19(2): High Water Levels in Taltson and Slave River Basin Thank you for the response from the Minister. With that information, I will likely have some more questions in the form of a written question later on. I guess for my next question: Can the department provide scientific data from a neutral third party to provide an assessment of
February 4th, 2021Assembly debate Page 1731 Oral Questions
Question 489-19(2): High Water Levels in Taltson and Slave River Basin Marsi cho, Mr. Speaker. In line with my Member's statement, I worked with the Minister responsible for ECE, Minister Archie, and ENR Minister Thompson, and I want to thank them for all the information they gave me. So far, I am going back to the Taltson. From my understanding the
February 4th, 2021Assembly debate Page 1731 Oral Questions
On-the-Land Programming Marsi cho, Mr. Speaker. I wanted to report back to the House about my recent constituency tour. I made it a clear point to visit all four communities in my riding just before Christmas, and I did just that within a two-week period. Aside from my home visits, some highlights were
February 4th, 2021Assembly debate Page 1754 Members' Statements
High Water Levels in Talston and Slave River Basin Marsi cho, colleagues. Furthermore, another point I wanted to bring up was another question that came about when I did my research on this: How does the Transboundary Water Agreement play into this issue? This is a matter that I will delve into in another statement. With that, Mr
February 4th, 2021Assembly debate Page 1727 Members' Statements
High Water Levels in Talston and Slave River Basin Marsi cho, Mr. Speaker. I would like to say welcome back to all of my colleagues, and happy belated new year's to my constituents and everybody else listening right now. I really hope that we have a meaningful and productive sitting this session. With that, Mr. Speaker, I would
February 4th, 2021Assembly debate Page 1726 Members' Statements
Bill 22: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), 2021-2022 Marsi cho, Madam Speaker. Again, we can always make compromises and I think this was a good example in the last couple days how all 18 of us worked together and looked for solutions to find ways to pick away at our mandate items. We have some lofty goals, and we're doing this thr
November 5th, 2020Assembly debate Page 1721 Third Reading of Bills
Committee Motion 74-19(2): Committee Report 6-19(2): Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on Remote Sittings - Standing Committee Review of Remote Sittings, Carried Marsi cho, Mr. Chair. I move that the chair rise and report progress.
November 5th, 2020Assembly debate Page 1719 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Question 477-19(2): Direct Appointments in Government of the Northwest Territories My apologies for interrupting, Madam Speaker. Thank you for the response. We could get that particular breakdown in writing, that would be much appreciated. My last question, and again I want to speak a little bit to this a little more. This direct appointment process, it's been
November 5th, 2020Assembly debate Page 1700 Oral Questions
Question 477-19(2): Direct Appointments in Government of the Northwest Territories Okay. Thank you for that from the Minister. Will the Minister also provide a breakdown of how many of the direct appointments were Indigenous, P1 status?
November 5th, 2020Assembly debate Page 1700 Oral Questions
Question 477-19(2): Direct Appointments in Government of the Northwest Territories Thank you for those stats. It's really important we have the public understand a little bit more about the direct appointment process. It leads more to my next line of questioning. I would like to find out how many people find their way into the public service permanently by star
November 5th, 2020Assembly debate Page 1700 Oral Questions
Question 477-19(2): Direct Appointments in Government of the Northwest Territories Marsi cho, Madam Speaker. I have some questions for the Minister of Finance after my Member's statement today on affirmative action. My first question for the Minister is: will the Minister provide statistics on the number of direct appointments to the public service that have b
November 5th, 2020Assembly debate Page 1699 Oral Questions
Affirmative Action Marsi cho, Madam Speaker. I'll be continuing on with talking about the Affirmative Action Policy from yesterday. Many of the problems that I see with the Affirmative Action Policy have already been stated in this House at length over the years, including this week. However, I sti
November 5th, 2020Assembly debate Page 1693 Members' Statements