Debates of February 26, 2026 (day 85)

February

2026

Session

20th Assembly, 1st Session

Day

Speaker

Shane Thompson

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Members Present

Hon. Caitlin Cleveland, Mr. Hawkins, Hon. Lucy Kuptana, Hon. Jay MacDonald, Hon. Vince McKay, Mr. McNeely, Ms. Morgan, Mr. Morse, Ms. Reid, Mr. Rodgers, Hon. Lesa Semmler, Hon. R.J. Simpson, Mr. Testart, Hon. Shane Thompson, Hon. Caroline Wawzonek, Mrs. Weyallon Armstrong, Mrs. Yakeleya

Assembly Members

Jane Weyallon Armstrong

Monfwi

Topics

Member's Statement 930-20(1): Information Technology in Northwest Territories Healthcare

Member's Statement 931-20(1): Rock the Rings Curling Festival

Member's Statement 932-20(1): Global Water Bankruptcy

Member's Statement 933-20(1): Primary Healthcare Services

Member's Statement 934-20(1): "Following the North Star: Primary Health Care Reimagined Together" Summit

Member's Statement 935-20(1): Three-Phase Electric Power in Enterprise

Member's Statement 936-20(1): Medical Travel

Member's Statement 937-20(1): Future of the Mining Industry in the Northwest Territories

Member's Statement 938-20(1): 2025 Northwest Territories Youth Volunteer of the Year Award Recipient Ava Erasmus

Minister's Statement 186-20(1): Tourism 2030 Update

Minister's Statement 187-20(1): Auditor General of Canada Progress Update

Minister's Statement 188-20(1): Recognizing Outstanding Volunteer Awards Recipients for 2025

Motion 67-20(1): Establishment of an Office of the Child and Youth Advocate, Carried

Motion 68-20(1): Appointment of Member to the Northwest Territories Human Rights Commission

Motion 68-20(1): Appointment of Member to the Northwest Territories Human Rights Commission, Carried

Question 1101-20(1): Midwifery Services

Question 1102-20(1): Jordan's Principle Funding

Question 1103-20(1): Canadian Institute for Health Information

Question 1104-20(1): Housing in Inuvik

Question 1105-20(1): Transboundary Water Agreements

Question 1106-20(1): Primary Care Framework

Question 1107-20(1): Three-Phase Power in Enterprise

Question 1108-20(1): Medical Travel OUtside the Northwest Territories

Question 1109-20(1): Midwifery Services

Question 1110-20(1): Nurse Retention

Question 1111-20(1): Data Collection in northwest Territories Healthcare

Question 1112-20(1): Transboundary Water Agreements

Question 1113-20(1): Relationship with New Chair of the Unuvialuit Regional Corporation

Question 1114-20(1): Paramedics

Question 1115-20(1): Housing in the Dehcho Region

Question 1116-20(1): Apprenticeship POsitions in Infrastructure

Question 1117-20(1): Healthcare Informatics

Question 1118-20(1): Mackenzie Valley Fibre Link

Question 1119-20(1): Healthcare Informatics

Recorded Vote

Return to Written Question 27-20(1): Physician Recruitment and Retention

Tabled Document 480-20(1): Government of the Northwest Territories Response to Committee Report 29-20(1): Report on Committee Project: Housing as a Human Right

Tabled Document 481-20(1): Photos of Holdover Fires on Highway 3 Approximately 15 km from Fort Providence, Taken December 11, 2025

Statements

Kieron Testart

Range Lake

I would ask for a recorded vote, Mr. Speaker.

Recorded Vote

Speaker: Mr Harjot Sidhu

The Member for the Dehcho. The Member for Sahtu. The Member for Yellowknife Centre. The Member for Range Lake. The Member for Inuvik Boot Lake. The Member for Monfwi. The Member for Frame Lake. The Member for Great Slave. The Member for Yellowknife North.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

All those opposed, please stand. All those abstaining, please stand.

Speaker: Mr Harjot Sidhu

The Member for Thebacha. The Member for Yellowknife South. The Member for Kam Lake. The Member for Hay River North. The Member for Hay River South. The Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes. The Member for Nunakput.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Colleagues, recorded vote, nine in favour, zero opposed, seven abstentions. The motion is carried.

---Carried

Motions. Returns to oral questions. Acknowledgements. Colleagues, recognizing the time and that we have an hour in question period, we will take a brief break.

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