Kevin O'Reilly

Okay, thanks for that. So I take it then, though, that there is no increased funding for Status of Women Council for 20232024; that's what the numbers show. Why is there no forced growth increase for this NGO but there was for others? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thanks, Madam Chair. So can the Minister share the membership of this external or the NGO advisory group with Members even on a confidential basis if necessary, or announce it, even better? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Merci, Monsieur le President. I want to thank the Minister for that. I spoke on the lack of NWT representation on the CRTC. There's an AlbertaNWT commissioner in name only. The commission's enabling legislation provides for a board of up to 13 members. There are currently nine, one vacancy.

Can the Minister tell us what action, if any, has this Cabinet taken about nominating individuals or changing the composition or appointment requirements for the CRTC? Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Thanks, Madam Chair. I want to ask about the budget, or the funding allocation for the Status of Women Council found on page 141. And I think we'd heard earlier that a number of NGOs have received forced growth increases in their funding, and that doesn't appear to be well, maybe it is the case for the Status of Women Council, but can the Premier speak to that, please. Thank you.

Yeah, just seems rather mysterious to me, but okay. I want to move on to the external advisory table that I think this is another place where I can raise that, or is there a different activity I'm supposed to raise it in?

Merci, Monsieur le President. My questions are for the Minister of Finance who seems to have the reins when it comes to telecommunications for this government.

The Minister has probably had ample time to review the CRTC decision on Cabin Radio. Can the Minister tell us whether Cabinet has taken a position on the CRTC decision? Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Okay, thanks, Madam Chair. Well, that could be good news; we'll see. But I want to encourage the Premier, the department, I think there's going to need to be a lot of public education, communications work around this. I know that MLAs have been looking at this, how other jurisdictions have attempted to deal with this from some academics and so on, some, you know, Indigenous government leaders. That's all great stuff but I think there's a real big need for some public education and well-crafted education sorry, communications materials. Is that something that the department is working on right...

Okay, thanks. I'd like to ask about the scientific review. Is there any public document that's now finished, or is it finished and when is it going to be made public? Thanks, Madam Chair.

I can hardly wait. Thanks, Madam Chair. Yeah, look forward to some good news on that front and getting more information.

So I guess the next topic is where are we at with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples? You know, it was a mandate commitment to do some work on this and just can the Minister kind of describe where we're at, recognizing that there's also a special committee that tabled an interim report on this topic. So thanks, Madam Chair.

Thanks, Madam Chair. Can I get an update as to where we're at with an offshore accord? Thanks, Madam Chair.