Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nunakput, that Bill 31, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 1, 2025-2026, be read for the second time. This bill makes supplementary appropriations for infrastructure expenditures for the Government of the Northwest Territories for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Minister. To the principle of the bill.
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Question has been called. All those in favour? Opposed? The motion is carried. The motion is carried. Bill 31 has been read a second time.
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Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nunakput that Bill 31, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 1, 2025-2026, be read for the third time. Mr. Speaker, I would request a recorded vote.
Thank you, Minister. To the principle of the bill. Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. To the principle of the bill.
Yes, thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise in the House here today to speak about the bill, and I don't know where to start but the best way for me to talk about this is that I want to say small communities do matter. We got 33 communities in the Northwest Territories, and we all have our own needs and wants and ask, and I got to work with our own Indigenous governments that are bringing their issues to me all the time. And I get calls every day, evenings, weekends, and I continue to advocate for them.
Mr. Speaker, in the 19th Assembly I came in through a by-election, and at that time I brought my wish list forward to this government. And I was told that the wish list for my Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh riding was that we're going to try to put your wish list on the train, but the train left two years earlier on a four-year mandate. And it would appear that the -- my wish list for my riding was put on a suitcase and they tried to throw it on a moving train, but it bounced off. And the issue there is that the issues of my riding at that time never was addressed in the 19th Assembly --
Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh, you're not talking -- you're not speaking to the bill. We're not talking about past experience. Please speak to the bill, please and thank you. Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh.
Well, thank you, Mr. Speaker. To the bill, at this time, there's no -- there's nothing there for my small communities from the 19th and 20th Assembly. I got a letter that was brought in with all my issues. Two years in this mandate, I don't see anything there. And March of this year, I brought it up. But anyway, Mr. Speaker, at this point in time, I don't support this bill. Thank you.
Thank you, Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. To the principle of the bill.
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