Katrina Nokleby

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm really glad to hear that. It's going to be quite an undertaking for the department. I'm not sad I'll be missing it. I think the next question I have is around the Preventative Maintenance Program. Given that we have assets that have become worse over time, I'd like to talk about where the money falls within this department or this line item or these line items for the Preventative Maintenance Program so we can keep our assets in better shape. Thank you, Madam Chair.

I am really glad to hear that. I do agree that the squeaky wheel gets the grease in the North often. I do appreciate the look to make that fair across the board. One thing I often hear when speaking with NGOs is that they are in this constant loop of having to apply for project funding or funding that has a lot of restrictions or has to be used in a specific manner. Oftentimes that funding will then be removed a year or two later when the program has actually started going. It then becomes somewhere within the NGO to find the money to continue on with the works. I think a lot of that speaks to...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just to follow up a little further on what my colleague from Yellowknife North was saying, can you speak to: what does that mean, then, with respect to this new Auditor General liability? It's going to take some time, obviously, for the Northwest Territories to work on some of that liability. My question is: as regulations increase, they always seem to get stricter with time; what sort of financial impact does that have on us with that liability number we are now going to have to estimate? Do we anticipate it will just continue to increase as regulations get more...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Premier. Many of the non-governmental organizations, like the Tree of Peace and others, provide services or subcontracted services to accommodate residents that perhaps are not able to get them otherwise. As I mentioned, many of these workers have not had a cost-of-living or salary increase in many years. While I understand the GNWT does not fund these organizations directly, can the Premier tell me what she is doing to ensure that there is more funding for NGOs that support our communities? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I know it's not exactly in this area, but what are the terms or the end dates of the positions of the COVID secretariat employees, which would be in part of their contracts? Wouldn't we not, then, have an estimated end date, or do they all go to the end of March, as well? Thank you.

Thank you for that. Is the reason, then, that this lease is not being done through Infrastructure as our leases do normally because it would be expiring and is not a long-term lease? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I am looking at page 196 at the Centre Square Tower office space. Can the Minister speak to what does that lease cover? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Maybe the department could provide that SOA to us, to the standing committee, and maybe the one from before, just so we can see how those rates have increased? I would imagine that they would have to in order to continue to be able to run. I think at this time, I don't have any further questions, Madam Chair. Thanks.

Thank you, Madam Chair. When we had the Premier in front of us to talk to us about Executive and Indigenous Affairs, I asked where payouts to former deputy ministers would be found, and she mentioned that they would all be found within the individual departments' budgets, so would this be where we would find payouts to deputy ministers or former staff in this area of the budget? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The cost of the flights for people to Edmonton, did they change over the year due to COVID, or were they already set in place for the upcoming year? Thank you, Madam Chair.