Frieda Martselos

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, according to the budget address for 20222023, business investment for 2020 was down minus 34.9 percent for the NWT.

Can the finance minister tell us what the government's plan is to turn those numbers around and increase business investment for the NWT? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

So, Mr. Chair, you know, when we're putting the people, or the future generations at risk in this manner that, you know, we're building a territory for future generations, it's not going to be me that's going to be worried about if a mine's coming in or not, I don't think. But those are very serious it's a very serious way that we're looking at this. And let transboundary agreements into the territories is not okay. I don't care you can say, you know, this and that and the other and now you're in good standing with the federal government; not everybody is. I'm not used to a government that...

So the two agreements only include the harvesting? I thought I think is there only the harvesting that because once a transboundary agreement include land, there's a under section 35, there's a there's a barrier to any future development because you'll have to consult the person outside the boundary; am I correct? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Madam Chair, I also wonder how come we had, in youth centres in 2021 Actuals, we had $30,000 and then nothing for this coming these mains. I'm just wondering, we're always talking about encouraging our youth. We're always talking about the youth are the future generations of leadership. Is there any reason why there was no allocation for youth centres in the Northwest Territories? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just have a couple of questions. One of them is the $825,000 recreation funding. Is that proposal based or is it per capita based, the funding? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The emergency management with the flooding, you know, the amounts that were allocated, how much of that money of that that was used, the $35,823,000, how much of that was do you have the breakdown of that allocations, Madam Chair, for monies that stayed in the North and the monies that have gone somewhere else? Thank you, Madam Chair.

I too would like to recognize Tony, my friend, born and raised in Fort Smith. And we welcome you back any time that you want to come home.

And I'd also like to recognize another member, Mr. Speaker, and that is Jason Lepine. Jason Lepine was my official agent in my first election for MLA, and is a prominent member of the Metis Nation. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

One question, does the school of community government also offer the governance process with the leaders that are elected? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. So when you go down a little bit further, so the $886,000 in contract services, I assume that's part of the training program. Is that training done by Northerners, or is it brought in is someone brought in from southern entity? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Also under the youth contribution programs that develops the youth leadership, in 2021 we only spent well, because of COVID, I am sure, but we only spent $45,000 of the actuals. Is that why we were keeping the same amount of $225,000 within that in that line? Thank you, Madam Chair.