Kieron Testart

Okay. Thank you. And I appreciate that this is relatively detailed, but it's also relatively important because, like as I said, there were some high profile accidents and loss of life this summer. So I will await that additional information from the Minister and the department and make that information available to my constituents when it is made available. So I'll hold the Minister to that. But nothing further. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in the fiscal update this House received last week, the Minister said that she is modifying the fiscal strategy of the government, being responsive by investing in the stability and the resilience of the territory, and this is after a loss to the operational surplus of $154 million. So can the Minister just confirm that Restoring Balance, the fiscal strategy of the House, is no longer the strategy of this government? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Okay, I don't think I have properly understood that. Those -- I just -- I think it would reassure folks who are concerned about this if we knew that they were going to take a look at that section. So if you're telling me the general maintenance is going to address these concerns, then I guess we'll go from there. But just to confirm that they will be addressed through general maintenance. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it's a relief, then, that the new protocol does seem to be working, and it's being done properly. Are there any other schools that were initially tested that now need to be retested based on the new protocol? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Nothing further. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I do, and I shall.

Mr. Speaker, thank you very much to the Members who spoke in support of the bill. You know, I do want to reflect as Members -- the bill, the motion. The motion; it's not a bill. Thank you for the correction. Not a full Point of Order but technically important.

So this all started -- Members have alluded to this, but one of the first substantive motions that we debated in this chamber of this Assembly was for a public inquiry, and the reason it is related to the motion is this report emerged from that. So we wouldn't have this report without that...

Thank you. And how long is the intended work going to take? Is this a larger multi-year project or something that's just going to occur in the next fiscal year? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

WHEREAS public safety is a key priority of the 20th Legislative Assembly established through "safe and healthy communities"

AND WHEREAS climate change is exacerbating the frequency and intensity of flooding, wildfires and other natural disasters;

AND WHEREAS the 2023 wildfire evacuations of two-thirds of the population of the Northwest Territories, and subsequent evacuations due to severe climate events, have resulted in continuing trauma and negative mental health impacts;

AND WHEREAS, on June 13, 2024, the Government of the Northwest Territories contracted Transitional...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to my colleague from Mackenzie Delta.

During his briefing to committee, Hale also responded to the possibility of expanding the provision of legal aid services in the territory, highlighting that civil matters, including matters related to estates, may be addressed within the legal aid outreach clinics. It was described that legal aid tends to be focused on criminal and family law matters and that the expansion of services would necessarily also require an expansion of the funding envelope to legal aid. Committee acknowledges these challenges and supports...

Mr. Speaker, we've been at this for ten years, whether it's an MOU, an MOC, an MOA, M-O-U-S-E. Can the Minister just commit to transfer the land to the city of Yellowknife and to all municipalities as laid out by several motions that have been brought to the floor of the Assembly before, that's been passed in this Assembly. Will the Minister just make the decision today to transfer the land so our communities can grow? Thank you.