Jackie Jacobson

Madam Chair, I move the committee recommends that the following be added after Rule 9.4(1):

(1.1) one or more member(s) of a committee may indicate that they dissent of a particular recommendation or comment.

(1.2) a Member or Members who wish to express the reasons for their dissent may do so in an appendix to the report.

(1.3) the chair of a committee will establish a reasonable deadline for any dissenting opinion to be shared with committee members before the report is presented to the House.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Madam Chair, I move that Rule 3.2(3)(b)(iii) be amended by deleting "question of privilege" and replacing it with "point of privilege." Thank you, Madam Chair.

Madam Chair, I move that this committee recommends that Rule 1.7(3) be amended by deleting "immediately after the words are uttered or the events occur that give rise to the question" and replacing it with "at the earliest opportunity." Thank you, Madam Chair.

Madam Chair, I move that the committee recommends that the following be added after Rule 9.3(9):

(9.1) if the Member of the Standing Committee on Accountability and Oversight acts in a manner that warrants discipline, which includes but is not limited to:

(a) violating any provision of the Legislative Assembly and executive council Act and its regulations that deal with conduct and responsibilities of committee members.

(b) disclosing confidential committee information without committee approval;.

(c) attending a meeting under the influence of alcohol, cannabis, or other mindaltering substance...

Madam Chair, I move that the SubTitle for Rule 1.7(7) be amended by deleting "question of privilege" and replacing it with "point of privilege."

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. You know, the under the homelessness strategy, we were told in this House that they do have units available in the community. And I'd like to make the Minister if she could get provide that information to me, not here today. If she could get that information so I could provide it to my leadership and to the people that are homelessness in the communities that I represent.

Also, Mr. Speaker, with the water shortage that we have in our communities in public housing, you know as well as I do that we have communities with overallocated with their children because we don't...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I brought up homelessness in my riding in Nunakput and water delivery in public housing because they both intertwine. The stresses on the family and elder abuse in regards to homelessness and people not having a safe place to live.

Mr. Speaker, can the Minister provide the House today, in my riding, how many safe houses that we have and if they're furnished in the communities? Thank you.

Okay, thank you, Madam Chair. An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Business Development Investment Act Corporation clause 7 of Bill 84 be numbered as subclause 7(1) and following to be added after renumbered subclause. The following added what are you doing? You're waving your little arm around here.

The following is added after subsection 5(1.2):

(1.3) The Minister shall make reasonable efforts to appoint directors who are representative of the economic sectors and communities of the Northwest Territories.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

Madam Chair, Bill 84, An Act to Amend the Northwest Territories Business Development and Investment Corporation Act, received second reading in the Legislative Assembly on March 30th, 2023, and was referred to the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment for review.

Bill 84 is proposed to make numerous changes to legislation that impacts the operations of the corporation. The bill would have also changed the name of the corporation to Prosper NWT. At the time, the committee had concerns about the board of the corporation, from the vacant board positions, inadequate...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I really want to thank the Minister for that, for the update for the new houses in the communities. But I really urge her and her staff to make sure that we do have units available for homelessness, and we do have extra funding going in for the LHOs, local LHOs, because it's not their fault that they don't have a House and a roof over their head. And under the United Nations Act, it's like Mr. O'Reilly told me it's 12 cups of water for a man and nine cups for a woman; I don't know what's the difference there. But we have to make this a priority for this...