Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that the committee recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories analyze the net revenue benefits for the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that the committee recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories implement government-led revenue transparency. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The committee's report was read into the record on November 30th, 2021 so I do not have any additional substantive comments to add to this at this time. Individual Members may have comments on the report, brief comments on this report. And I'd like to thank committee for their work and our staff on this report. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, we're really lucky to have IRC that handles the money. But I really think what we should be doing, Mr. Speaker, is giving the communities an opportunity to run their own healing camps, setting up a camp out of the community that we could send our youth and our elders, you know, to get them what services they need and what they're going through. I really think before the next cycle, I guess, of funding that goes through, can the Minister, I guess, commit to talking with IRC chair in regards to providing the community corporations with funding to have their own on...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, just in regards to our mental health issues that we have in the community, can the Minister provide me with an update of activities that the mental health in the Beaufort Delta is providing for will take place in our small communities, including my region in Nunakput; is that there any updates on that? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my constituents travel medical appointments either to Inuvik or they're travelling in from Inuvik to Yellowknife if they can't be serviced, and if we can't do the servicing for medical here, we're sending them to Edmonton. My constituents fly all the way from their home communities who it probably take five days in return to going to the community. They wait for their appointment especially, you know, some of our cancer patients. We've lost so many people this year due to cancer.

We do need a health advocate Mr. Speaker, in the Inuvik Regional Hospital to...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that the committee recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories provide a response to the recommendations contained in this report within 120 days. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that the committee recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories address the digital divide building partnerships that provide free WiFi services in all regional centres. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that the committee recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories ensure all publiclyfunded internet backboned infrastructure in the community in the NWT provide wholesale highspeed third party internet access. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that the committee recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories ensure all backboned internet infrastructure in communities that accommodates open wholesale access to the NWT businesses to collocate internet services and a fair price to NWT businesses. Thank you, Madam Chair.