Jane Weyallon Armstrong

Okay. The Tlicho Adventure, I don't know who they are. But then are there Tlicho citizens living in the Tlicho region? Because I am more interested in the Tlicho region. I don't see any tourism happening even in Tlicho constructions or, you know, Tlicho Investment Corporation. Is there an agreement in place, or how do they keep track of the tourism operators? Like, I don't know how the policy works but if it's not being used by a certain amount of time, then do they automatically cancel or is it just something that's -- or it's renewed every year yearly? Thank you.

In your business plan, tourism operator licenses, you know, now that with the mine closure, there's going to be a lot of people that's going to be looking for jobs or to start their own business. So 90 percent of tourism operators license maintained. That's what -- you know, the target. And it's maintained, so -- and then here you identify progress to date. You know, there's 159 approved, 8 pending. Can you give me an update or a report or something that shows how many of this are in Tlicho region? I mean, Tlicho region, not North Slave region, because at this time, the way that it looks, we...

What I meant to say here is that from 2024 to date, I would like to get that information but, you know, if you can provide us with that information, that would be good so that we can share with our members.

Yeah, I know increased NWT Indigenous and NWT resident employment at the natural resource sector, is that only related to the diamond mine at this time, or is there any other exploration? Thank you.

Thank you. You know, I've heard, and I am sure there must be some other Members too that heard from their constituents saying that, you know, the older workers, they've said it many times that they train -- they don't mind training their own Indigenous but not others because then they take over the jobs, you know, like, and then our young people lose out. So that's why some of them had an issue with it. So that's why I am asking, like, if it's 100 percent northern residents that were employed. And I know a lot of them had issue with that and I thought I'd just -- I'd mention that in here.

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(audio) I know there's a lot of transfer assignments, and especially with Tlicho, I think they have, like, over 10. I think because of that I strongly believe that many of these transfer assignments, I -- it's probably from Yellowknife positions, headquarter positions, and/or North Slave, the one that they -- now's the time to transfer some of these jobs to the small communities where -- it's not just -- because eventually those people that are in that job, they're going to get old. They're going to retire. And, you know, we need to -- we need to start focusing on the younger generations where...

Thank you. According to your business plan here on page 15 -- 14 and 15, you know, the mines are going to be closing. We know that, you know. And then there's three mines that's going to be closing. And I know it's going to have a major impact, especially on my region, because there's a lot of people employed in my -- a lot of people from my region are employed at the mine. So I just wanted to ask the Minister, it says here 100 percent of Diavik mine closure workers that want to stay in the NWT are employed. And on the next one it says NWT workforce is maintained. So I just wanted to ask the...

Yeah, they serve all of the Northwest Territories headquarters. I think we can be more efficient, more effective, if we saw some of these headquarters positions in other regions rather than just in the headquarters. Because right now, now is the time where we are advocating for more jobs to be transferred and/or created especially with the mine closure and, you know, with the minerals and petroleum resources, they are all in the regions outside of Yellowknife. So will the Minister commit to possibly transferring some of these headquarters positions to the region so that they are building, you...

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I asked for what steps.

Mr. Speaker, what is the department doing to strengthen prevention supports for families so that fewer children need to be removed from their parents in the first place? Thank you.

Since you brought up the intern positions, you know, they are training positions. I know at one time, and I've said it a few times before, there was a lot of training position within the government, and I know some of those intern or trainee, they move up, they were promoted. I just want -- will they be bringing back some of these training positions so that we focus on our people in our regions? Is there any other plan in place to train more people from the regions? Thank you.

Masi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, [Translation] Masi, Mr. Speaker.  I myself would like to say -- to show respect, I also would like -- also our Grand Chief Jackson Lafferty is here, the Tlicho grand chief, and also Doreen Lafferty Zoe, Charley Eyakfo, Doris Tom, Marvin Tom, Tavy Dechambault, Elsie Mantla, and Elisa Zoe, Daniel Zoe, and Bertha Drygeese, all the ones that I know that are here.  Maryanne Vital from Deline also -- is also -- is also here and also Tracy Smith.  Each and every one of you that are in the gallery, thank you for being here.  Masi, Mr. Speaker. [Translation Ends] Doreen...