Kieron Testart

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Rule 8.3(3)(a), I give notice of intent to proceed with Bill 3, Carbon Tax Repeal Act, for further consideration in Committee of the Whole. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, of course Ministers are the final word. That's how governments work. I think everyone understands that. Mr. Speaker, the unit has spent two years inventorying problems that frontline staff have been complaining about for a decade. So why are we spending $2 million a year of federal money on an administrative process to build more plans, to build more studies, when we could be putting it into frontline services like an MRI machine or even security in the waiting room, in the emergency room, Mr. Speaker? That's what's important to Northerners, and until we...

Okay, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to ask the Premier about the healthcare system sustainability unit. The unit is diligently working away at inventorying medical costs to the healthcare system. We're now hearing a lot of the decisions that we're asking about on the floor as it relates to the healthcare system are dependent on data or reports that are going to be produced by this unit. So is the unit on track to meet its reporting timelines of a preliminary sustainability report by mid-year this fiscal? Thank you. Or, sorry, calender year. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Well, that's good news, but that's not what's being communicated clearly because that's why we're getting complaints. So can the Minister explain why this happened? Why was individual-level non-anonymized data collection suggested to providers instead of typical aggregated, anonymized statistical reporting as we see in federal programs? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nunakput, that Committee Report 35-20(1), Standing Committee on Public Accounts Report on the Review of the Auditor General's 2025 Audit of Protected and Conserved Areas in the Northwest Territories, be received by the Assembly and referred to Committee of the Whole. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to recognize a hard-working Range Lake page Adam Kamali. Thank you for being here and supporting our proceedings. It's great to have you as part of our democracy today, Adam. Thank you.

He could have also said that's hypothetical so I can't answer it. But the point is there's significant concerns coming here. So when is this Minister going to update and modernize the RTA so it's very clear -- it takes a side essentially. Because right now it's up to total interpretation of the rental officer. We're giving far too much latitude. And the decisions that are being made are not helping communities, and that's what we're here to do. So when will the Minister actually take action, stop talking about it, and fix this problem with the RTA?

Thank you. Okay. Also the -- so the federal funding that's out there for Collège Nordique and Dechinta, which are the two named institutions in the other post-secondary contributions, has changed significantly, and they're seeing at least -- and some of the French language post-secondary funding that was supposed to be a permanent thing is now being clawed back. So that's a huge funding gap. I don't think that $353,000 to share between the two institutions is going to be sufficient. How are we going to meet the needs of both of these institutions to ensure they continue to succeed at educating...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I want to ask questions about the rental office and the Residential Tenancies Act. There's been no shortage of criticism here, including from the other side of the House very publicly. So I'd like to ask the Minister of Justice, is the Minister able to issue policy guidance to the rental officer in the same manner as to the public utilities board or other independent bodies that are still empowered by territorial statute? Thank you.

Thank you. Is this approach of using formula funding present in other provinces and territories and how they fund public and private post-secondary institutions? Thank you, Mr. Chair.