Rylund Johnson

Yeah, thank you, Madam Speaker. Yeah, and I'd be very interested to know whether Infrastructure is going to include the projects that don't fall under it. You know, I know we're building quite a number of longterm care facilities under Health and Social Services that not under Infrastructure, as an example.

And lastly, in our capital plan, we get one sentence description of projects, and then what happens is Members kind of ask, you know, what's going on with this playground fencing? Or we just ask these tedious questions that takes us hours and hours of review to get any information out there...

I think I'll have to ask Infrastructure whether they have an asset management plan and will make it public. I'll put them on notice there.

Okay, so my understanding is then we have a fiveyear needs assessment as well which is a bit less of a snapshot in time and that it perhaps some financial thinking has actually gone into it, and if you've made it into the fiveyear needs assessment, probably much more likely to actually be funded. Is this document something the Minister is willing to publish?

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I'd just like to recognize two of our Yellowknife North pages who are here this week Willem Kanigan and Cole Avery. Thank you, guys.

Mr. Chair, I move that this committee recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories provide a response to this report within 120 days. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Chair, I move that this committee recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories increase funding for grants and contribution programs that target men's wellness. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yeah, thank you, Mr. Chair. Yeah, the department has a webbased tracker for the child and family services audit, and the department of education has one for their education audit. So I think it should just become at this point somewhat standard process to create one of those webbased trackers on each of the recommendations. And then I also just the public briefing part is just as much to committee. The Standing Committee on Government Operations regularly reviews these audits, makes these reports, and then perhaps doesn't do the best job of following up to see whether they're being...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Committee's report was read into the record yesterday. I don't have any substantive comments at this time but I would just like to thank the work of the Office of the Auditor General, the department for their work plan, and all of committee members. Thank you.

Yeah, thank you, Mr. Chair. As is stated in the report, this is one of the TRC Calls to Actions, and we use the wording wellness or healing centre very specifically to not say treatment centre. There are a number of things going on in the territory that work well to this motion. I know the Gwich’in have set up a wellness camp. We are hoping that is a great success, and we would like to see similar things. I know the department is working to set up more aftercare. I believe aftercare services can certainly fit into what we are asking for in a healing centre. I know there has been repeated...

Madam Speaker, this Bill makes several amendments to the Ombud Act in order to

Expand the list of authorities that fall within the mandate of the Ombud;

Clarify the mandate of the Ombud;

Allow the Ombud to investigate complaints dating back to April 1st, 1999; and,

Provide additional notice requirements, including to Indigenous governments.

Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Mr. Chair, I move that this committee recommends that the Department of Health and Social Services collect and analyze data from residents who do not use GNWT addictions prevention and recovery services, to identify creative ways to remove barriers and make services more culturally safe and provide a timeline for implementation. Thank you, Mr. Chair.