Robert Hawkins

Mr. Speaker, it has the appearance of being a political appointment as more of a reward rather than a discussion. Is there any reason the Premier changing significant motions by basically allocating public service resources to an Ottawa position -- why wouldn't he bring it to MLAs through the Caucus process to have a discussion and get a mandate from Caucus and the Assembly at large? Thank you.

What partners specifically -- and I'm referring to business partners, that is, in the city of Yellowknife or the territory at large, that she met with to discuss this particular challenge as well as to appreciate the impacts of these changes in plan? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I seem to recall October, February, happened before the January proroguing. I'll check -- let the fact checkers verify that later. So in other words, proroguing of parliament happened after all of this agreement in rush. So is there any way the GNWT can help coordinate and help ensure that this project funding won't be lost given the fact that things may change? Thank you.

Just to be clear, she said she would provide the letter she sent and the letter she received back, I assume? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have questions for the Minister of ECC, who I endearingly used to call him the Maytag man, waiting for questions ever so patiently and loyally. My questions will be about the financing for the PFP project.

This House had to pass this legislation immediately in November with great fervency and zeal, and there's a lot of talk out there about this $375 million not being passed on to our stewards who wanted this money to, you know, take care of the North. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister give this House an update where has that agreement gone, when can the Northerners expect...

Thank you, Madam Chair. So is the Minister saying she made a phone call is the result? Or can she explain what whole response has been provided. I've asked for actions so -- I heard phone call. So what else has been done? Thank you.

Just to be clear, so the Minister's saying it's okay, from her perspective, that a teacher would pull up online and say well, the news reads today X, Y, Z, and, you know, I think this is, you know, a perspective, let's talk about it, which is fine. I think current affairs is important even if you agree or disagree. And then coaching students how to file formal complaints in this class of young people. And so the Minister's thinking that that's okay? Thank you.

Fair enough.

So when I -- a student in a school is shamed for liking Trump -- and I'm not here to speak for the individual, of Trump, that is -- but where I worry that the parent has to deal with children who have just been shamed on that or the school, be it the school, the teachers, etcetera. As an example -- if you want an example, this is a real one -- what policies do we have on that that if teachers are providing their individual personal opinions and hence that's trickled down in shaming individual students?

Now, I want to be absolutely clear, Madam Chair, in no way would I be defending that orange...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to return back to the Premier with the earlier question. I did ask how much this establishment of the special envoy office would cost the territorial government in Ottawa. If he could explain that in detail? Because we also know given the reference on the finance website, on the GNWT that is, that principal secretary's position is -- as a deputy head is one of the most expensive paid GNWT employees as noted in the public service. So I'm curious on how much this office is going to pay, how big is it going to get, etcetera. Thank you.