Kevin O'Reilly

Thanks, Madam Chair. I move that the chair rise and report progress.

Thanks, Madam Chair. Is the Minister going to provide us with a plan to get our housing out of core need, and when would can we expect that plan? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thanks, Madam Chair. So what is that amount, please? Thank you.

Thanks, Madam Chair. Yeah, if I thought I was confused before about the Housing Corporation, that one really any ways, look, you guys got to find a different way to present this stuff; sorry. If it takes a schedule or a note or something, you got to find a better way to present the financial information 'cause I think I think it would benefit yourselves. You might get fewer questions in Committee of the Whole. You might get fewer Member's statements on the floor, oral questions for your Minister. You guys got to find a better way to present this. Sorry. And with all due respect, I know I'm...

Thanks, Madam Chair. Yeah, I do have some prepared comments. For the record, whenever Bill 29 was on the agenda for discussion at the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment, I declared a conflict of interest. I was not present for any discussion. The only exception was on September 15th, 2021, when I was invited by the committee to present on the bill and answer questions as part of the public hearing.

I will not discuss the bill directly or its merits as that is for another day. But I do wish to comment on parts of the committee report. The report states that some view...

Thanks, Madam Chair. I did ask some questions earlier in this sitting about as I -- well, okay. I'll just back up. We set up this ISS -- I'm not even going to get the name right, information shared services something or other, within Department of Finance to bring together all the computer IT folks so that there -- in all of those functions and staff were taken out of departments. There was 70 people moved as I remember into Department of Finance to do this work. And I just find this quite remarkable now that we're actually starting to dismantle that and take off this piece back to the...

Merci, Monsieur le President. My statement dealt with the oftenpromised federal territorial agreement to bring affordable child care to all parents in the NWT. The ECE Minister is quoted in the media as saying in some media saying "we'll have this agreement by the end of the calendar year."

But I'd like the Minister to tell us the number of child care spaces the agreement will support and at what cost per day. Merci, Mr. Speaker.

Thanks, Madam Chair. Yeah, I was looking for this information, actually, last night. I think it's probably in the neighbourhood of 8 or $10 million a year. Does that ballpark figure sound correct? And just a yes or no would be very helpful. Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thanks, Madam Chair. So when do we actually expect to have some kind of an agreement with the community to actually build a new school? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Merci, Monsieur le President.

Committee decided to seek proposals from resource economic consultants to provide an independent opinion on the following questions:

Is the GNWT maximizing benefits from resource extraction?

Does the GNWT fiscal and regulatory structure maximize value for Northwest Territories residents and future generations?

Is the proposed approach by the GNWT to review this fiscal and regulatory regime comprehensive?

Will the proposed approach accurately assess whether the benefits of resource wealth are being maximized for the GNWT, NWT residents, and future generations?

The...