Kevin O'Reilly

Yeah, okay, thanks, Madam Chair, and thanks to the Minister for that. So can the Minister just not having been a postsecondary education or a student for many years, what is the process of somebody who needs or wants to get an exception or extra consideration? Do they write to their, you know, their SFA officer and get some sort of waiver, or how does that process actually work? And, yeah, thanks, Madam Chair.

Thanks, Madam Chair. So there's a $700,000 decrease in the budget here for OROGO and two staff are being cut I guess, if I look at page 294. Can I get an explanation as to what's happened here? Thank you.

Thanks, Madam Chair. And thanks to the Minister for that. As I understand it, students have sort of a period of time in which they are eligible once they start a program. Is the Minister willing to look at providing some flexibility in terms of eligibility for students if they lost a year or two during COVID? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thanks, Madam Chair. So what are we doing to try to increase access to justice through legal aid services? What changes, if any, are being made in terms of this budget? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Merci, Madam la Presidente. Committee wishes to consider Tabled Document 56119(2): Main Estimates 20222023, with Education, Culture and Employment and Justice. Mahsi, Madam Chair.

Thanks, Madam Chair. Yeah, I'm just quickly trying to troll through my own emails to see if I got a heads up about this. But if the Minister or the staff want to send that again, I'd be happy to put it on my own Facebook page and YK Facebook page and so on, and I'm sure others would be as well. So it would be great to get those in place and operating. I don't think I have any other questions about this section, Madam Chair. Thank you.

Merci, Monsieur le President. I want to thank the Minister for that. I'm happy to work with her to put some pressure on the feds.

So a significant portion of the carbon tax paid by large emitters goes to fund installation of greenhouse gas reduction infrastructure but switching to biofuels doesn't really require any infrastructure. And it's not clear what whether the retained carbon tax money set aside for GHG reductions can be used to purchase biofuels.

Can the Minister confirm whether any of the GNWTretained carbon taxes and/or the large emitter trust funds can be used to purchase biofuels...

Thanks, Madam Chair. I'm not going to hold my breath forever but, yeah, I look forward to some results. Thank you. And that's all I've got, Madam Chair.

Merci, Monsieur le President. My questions are for the Minister of Infrastructure who has lead responsibility for the 2030 Energy Strategy, and her department commissioned a recent research on biofuels in the NWT.

Now that we know the promise and the challenges that biofuels present, I'd like to know from the Minister what are the next steps and proposed timeline? Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

No, thanks, I appreciate that commitment from the Minister. And I think that subject's going to come up in one of the other activities that we're going to get to.

But on integrated case management, I understand that this is a program that's largely centered in Yellowknife. And I think a while back, we did have a return on social investment study that was done that was very complimentary of the program and the assistance that it offers to the clients, very successful.

Are there any plans to expand this program outside of Yellowknife, perhaps into some of the regional centres? Thanks, Madam Chair...