Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Madam Chair. The Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment identified contaminated sites in the Northwest Territories as a priority for the committee to focus on. Several stakeholders were engaged to provide feedback and guide the committee through its review of contaminated sites. Committee received seven public presentations from the stakeholders in both private and in public sector throughout the review, and as a result that the review as a committee presented the report with the 16 recommendations to the Legislative Assembly, February 7th, 2023.

I want to thank...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that the committee recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories explore partnerships with industry and industry associations to provide handson practical training for landfill managers across the territory. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you for that, Mr. Minister. I'm really happy to hear that. Will the Minister, the Government of the Northwest Territories, clearly, make the federal government on longterm firearms will negatively impact our Indigenous people and territory.

Will the Minister go public and start having meetings across the territory with our hunters and trappers and the people across the territory, because we haven't heard a thing since this Bill C21 came out, and like I said, it's the first time I heard it yesterday. We have to let people know what's happening, to work together. And...

Madam Chair, I move that the committee recommends that the Department of Finance provide a plan within timelines to enhance reporting on the Government of the Northwest Territories environmental liabilities dashboard by matching report on prevention and management of contaminated sites reporting practices in the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's Federal Contaminates Sites Inventory. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The federal government proposing Bill C21 legislation directly impacts hunters and trappers in the NWT. The federal government has proposed legislation that changes how long firearms are regulated in Canada, something that our residents rely on to put food on the table, and our government has not publicly responded yet to this. What is our government saying about this bill, Mr. Speaker? What is the government's position and stance? Why is the government not standing up publicly and saying Indigenous hunters and trappers cannot be impact with this legislation? I want to...

Madam Chair, I move that the committee recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories undertake an immediate review of the oil and gas spills and debris liability regulations to ensure that the absolute liability caps are increased to fully implement the polluter pays principle, reflect best practices and protect the public from liabilities; and further, that the review and increases to the caps should be implemented before the end of the 19th Assembly. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I move that the committee recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories implement transparent and clear processes to ensure that securities are established, reviewed, and coordinated among various departments. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that the committee recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories ensure legislation has clear and appropriate timelines for remediation and reclamation of inactive or suspended well sites. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we haven't seen that detail, the detail that the Minister is saying. And she's the one that brought it up. I think that what we should be doing is in regards to shouldn't be looking for handouts. We're really good at that. This is we're resource rich and cash poor. There's no jobs. There's nothing going on in the territory. We're beggars in our own land. The federal government should step up and assist us and work with us on a federal backstop and not letting us do their dirty work, Mr. Speaker. 14 percent we're already paying in our ridings, in your...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That really I'm really happy that they're looking at this. This is the first time we heard on this side of the House you're going in the zone system. And I'm really thinking that if that's the case, Mr. Speaker, what's the Minister doing to ensure that the carbon tax does not further increase the cost of living, especially the residents in the communities in the High Arctic who are already paying the highest cost of living and the highest tax brackets right now, and we have no way of employment because our government has no projects going on in the smaller communities...