Daniel McNeely

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Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 69)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks to the Minister for the reply and the information there. So if it's going to be completed in 2026, can the Minister explain is the program underway, the construction repair underway? Thank you.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 69)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thanks to the Member from Range Lake. To the report.

The Standing Committee on Social Development recommends the Government of the Northwest Territories create the Office of the Territorial Housing Advocate and appoint a Territorial Housing Advocate. The Territorial Housing Advocate and its Office should operate as an independent, nonpartisan entity, modeled after the Federal Housing Advocate. Its objective should be to advance meaningful action towards Addressing the inadequate housing and homelessness in the Northwest Territories. The Office should be created...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 69)

Thank you to the Minister.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 69)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I share my past several months on periodic talks with Cenovus Energy, an industry company who purchased Husky Energy with assets midway Norman Wells to Tulita west Mackenzie side.

Mr. Speaker, the assets include 17 kilometers of highgrade road, three structural bridges, several laydown pads, for an approximate 300,000 cubic metres of granular materials. This was initially installed to support their further exploration in oil and gas productions.

Mr. Speaker, Cenovus is developing a closure and reclamation plan. First right of refusal of assets opportunity is...

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 69)

Thank you, Minister. To the Member.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 69)

Thank you, Minister. To the Member, Wiilideh.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 68)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thanks to the Minister here. My last question is ultimately our goal is to seek O and M support, NORTRAN. Would the Minister assist in coordinating the developments of this action plan to seek federal engagements for redirecting some of the royalties back into the O and M of NORTRAN. Thank you.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 68)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Following up on my statement to the -- my questions are directed to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. Thinking and looking outside the box there, my first question to the Minister would be is the Minister willing to support and have discussions on forming a delegation to have a strategy session in Norman Wells? She may have ideas. We may even have ideas on the list of delegation. Would the Minister support that delegation selection?

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 68)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, if I can request on returning to the number 6, recognition of visitors in the gallery. Mahsi.

Debates of , 20th Assembly, 1st Session (day 68)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. With the experiences that I accumulated over the number of years fighting fire there way back when I can't remember, it's been so long here; we had rubber boots in those days. And to see the climate change and the very likelihood of having forest fires in our territory every summer is very likely to happen. So in short, I'll be supporting this motion on the spirit of management, efficiencies, and responses to protect our homes. We only got to look at the community of Enterprise, Mr. Speaker, the losses there and the effects and the costly effects for that matter, Mr...