Kevin O'Reilly

Kevin O'Reilly
Frame Lake

Statements in Debates

Committee Motion 383-19(2): Committee Report 43-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on Bill 63: An Act to Amend the Official Languages Act – Indigenous Languages Legislative Changes, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 150)

Thanks, Madam Chair. So this money is going to go to NorthwesTel; is that what happens here? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Committee Motion 385-19(2): Concurrence Motion – Tabled Document 881-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2022-2023, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 150)

Thanks, Madam Chair. So is there any kind of annual satisfaction survey ever done of ISSS and the services that they offer to the departments? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Committee Motion 385-19(2): Concurrence Motion – Tabled Document 881-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2022-2023, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 150)

Thanks, Madam Chair. So I think I'm on the right fund now. What's the supplementary reserve, what do we start off with, and what was it before the sup and what's it going to be after the sup? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Committee Motion 383-19(2): Committee Report 43-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on Bill 63: An Act to Amend the Official Languages Act – Indigenous Languages Legislative Changes, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 150)

Thanks, Madam Chair. Yeah, I don't have anything further on general stuff but I have some questions on the detail. Thank you.

Committee Motion 385-19(2): Concurrence Motion – Tabled Document 881-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2022-2023, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 150)

Thanks, Madam Chair. Can I get an explanation as to why this is being shifted from what used to be or will soon be former Department of Lands to Department of Finance. Thanks, Madam Chair.

Committee Motion 383-19(2): Committee Report 43-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on Bill 63: An Act to Amend the Official Languages Act – Indigenous Languages Legislative Changes, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 150)

That's all I've got. Thanks, Madam Chair.

Committee Motion 383-19(2): Committee Report 43-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on Bill 63: An Act to Amend the Official Languages Act – Indigenous Languages Legislative Changes, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 150)

Sorry, thanks. Okay, so as a result of this supplementary appropriation, are we going to be in a does this create are we going what's the debt that's created through this supplementary appropriation? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Committee Motion 385-19(2): Concurrence Motion – Tabled Document 881-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2022-2023, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 150)

Okay, thanks. I'm happy to get a commitment out of the Minister if she can pull together that information and provide it to me publicly. Thanks, Madam Chair.

Committee Motion 383-19(2): Committee Report 43-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on Bill 63: An Act to Amend the Official Languages Act – Indigenous Languages Legislative Changes, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 150)

Okay, thanks. I accept that the information on money that's already been spent can be made public. In the future, maybe it's bit dodgier, but we are actually being asked to authorize moving $1.717 million into a future. So clearly that's what's part of the budget for this project.

So I guess my last maybe I'll start maybe I should never say last, Madam Chair, is I don't think I've actually ever seen, or at least a more recent version, of some kind of public schedule about the implementation of the Mineral Resources Act and the regulations. I've seen bits and pieces, some in confidence. Can...

Committee Motion 383-19(2): Committee Report 43-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on Bill 63: An Act to Amend the Official Languages Act – Indigenous Languages Legislative Changes, Carried
Debates of , 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 150)

Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. First off, I guess this is one of the few times a Private Member's bill has actually come forward for consideration in Committee of the Whole, and so it is a historic event. And I think that Members, certainly on this side of the House, should consider and use Private Members' bills more often. There are some things that Cabinet is never going to get to, some things that they will not do, and that's why we have a consensus government so that Members on this side of the House can sometimes bring forward legislative initiatives, and that's the importance of Private...