Debates of October 17, 2024 (day 28)

October
17
2024
Session
20th Assembly, 1st Session
Day
28
Speaker
Shane Thompson
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Members Present
Hon. Caitlin Cleveland, Mr. Edjericon, Mr. Hawkins, Hon. Lucy Kuptana, Hon. Jay Macdonald, Hon. Vince McKay, Mr. McNeely, Ms. Morgan, Mr. Morse, Mr. Nerysoo, Ms. Reid, Mr. Rodgers, Mr. Testart, Mr. Thompson, Hon. Caroline Wawzonek, Mrs. Weyallon Armstrong, Mrs. Yakeleya
Assembly Members
Topics
Bill 7: Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2024
Bill 8: An Act to Amend the Student Financial Assistance Act
Committee Report 9-20(1): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Bill 8, An Act to Amend the Student Financial Assistance Act
Member’s Statement 320-20(1): Energy Security
Member’s Statement 321-20(1): Change Management
Member’s Statement 322-20(1): Education Outcomes
Member’s Statement 323-20(1): Norman Wells Rising Fuel Costs
Member’s Statement 324-20(1): Mary Teya, Order of the Northwest Territories Recipient
Member’s Statement 325-20(1): Immigration
Member’s Statement 326-20(1): Gratitude for Community and Legislative Assembly Support during Loss of Home
Member’s Statement 327-20(1): Illicit Drug Trade
Member’s Statement 328-20(1): Making Positive Change
Member’s Statement 329-20(1): Fire Towers
Member’s Statement 330-20(1): One Year Post-Evacuation in Hay River
Member’s Statement 331-20(1): Tribute to the Late Anthony (Tony) Whitford
Member’s Statement 332-20(1): Celebration of Life for Bob Hanna
Minister’s Statement 59-20(1): 2024 Territorial Wildfire Emergency Response
Minister’s Statement 60-20(1): 2024 Wildfire Season
Minister’s Statement 61-20(1): Pathways to Employment and Entrepreneurship
Minister’s Statement 62-20(1): Premier and Minister Absent from the House
Motion 40-20(1): Emergency Debate on Norman Wells State of Emergency Declaration, Carried
Oral Question 299-20(1): Norman Wells Crisis Support
Oral Question 300-20(1): Education Outcomes
Oral Question 301-20(1): Change Management
Oral Question 302-20(1): Northwest Territories Nominee Program
Oral Question 303-20(1): Local Housing Organizations Support
Oral Question 304-20(1): Illicit Drug Trade Prevention Measures
Oral Question 305-20(1): Heating Oil
Oral Question 306-20(1): Housing Repairs
Oral Question 307-20(1): Curriculum Implementation Progress
Oral Question 308-20(1): Fire Towers
Recorded Vote
Return to Written Question 6-20(1): Agency Nurses
Tabled Document 143-20(1): Northwest Territories Species at Risk Committee Annual Report 2023-2024
Tabled Document 157-20(1): Follow-up letter for Oral Question 256-20(1): Nutrition North Program
Tabled Document 164-20(1): Follow-up for Oral Question 297-20(1): Wellness and Addictions Recommendations
Tabled Document 173-20(1): Follow-up for Oral Question 289-20(1): Extending Government of Northwest Territories Employee Training to Non-Governmental Organizations Staff
Tabled Document 176-20(1): Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Committee Report 4-20(1): Report on the Review of the 2022-2023 Annual Report of the Languages Commissioner
Tabled Document 177-20(1): Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Committee Report 4-20(1): Report on the Review of the 2022-2023 Annual Report of the Languages Commissioner
Tabled Document 184-20(1): Follow-up letter for Oral Question 264-20(1): Elders’ Home Inspections
Tabled Document 186-20(1): Petition for a Fair Deal for Fort Simpson Housing Authority Workers
Tabled Document 192-20(1): Legislative Assembly Retiring Allowance Fund Financial Statements for the Year Ended March 31, 2024
Statements

Member’s Statement 326-20(1): Gratitude for Community and Legislative Assembly Support during Loss of Home

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Member from Great Slave. Members' statements. Member from Inuvik Boot Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, given that Monday was Thanksgiving, I thought I'd open my Member's statement this session with some gratuities of my own. As I know you know, and most Members know, on June 28th, 2024 we lost our home in Inuvik to a tragic fire and our contents and one of our beloved pets, as well as my neighbour lost her home as well in that fire. And I'd just like to offer a thank you. The support has been overwhelming, certainly from my colleagues here in this House who sent messages and emails and phone calls, from the staff at the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Speaker, that again, reached out and for their support and for their patience in dealing with this this summer, to our friends and family obviously in Inuvik, particularly to Ken and Loretta Dalton and their family who took us in when we literally had the clothes on our back when we walked out of that place. So a big thank you to them. To Sheila Nasogaluak, my constituency assistant, who held the fort down and ensured that, you know, that residents' concerns were still being heard and that she was there to cover the office, which was amazing. And certainly to the people of Inuvik, Mr. Speaker, the support, as I said, was overwhelming. They made sure we were looked after. They made sure we were safe, that we had what we needed. And, you know, I couldn't ask for a better community to live in, Mr. Speaker, and I'm so grateful for that, and I just wanted to use this time to say thank you to everyone.

And with the little time I have left, Mr. Speaker, I will say as well that if you've been in Inuvik lately, you'll notice that the town of Inuvik has sold 65 lots up there. You will see new housing developments going up by both the Inuvialuit and the Gwich'in governments. You'll see signs around town saying new office complex is coming, a new Marriott hotel is coming, a new apartment complex is coming as well, and certainly I congratulate both the Inuvialuit and Gwich'in governments for what they're doing up there and it's nice to see that kind of growth, the new growth in our community, and we -- I hope that we as a government can follow suit and be just as productive as they're being, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Member from Inuvik Boot Lake. Members' statements. Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh.