George Nerysoo

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife North, that committee report 27-20(1), Standing Committee on Social Development Joint Report on Review of Bill 23, An Act to Amend the Children's Law Act, and Bill 24, An Act to Amend the Family Law Act, be received and adopted by the Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife North, that Committee Report 26-20(1), Standing Committee on Social Development Report on the Statutory Review of the Legal Aid Act, be received and adopted by the Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Range Lake, that Committee Report 26-20(1), Standing Committee on Social Development Report on the Statutory Review of the Legal Aid Act be received and adopted by the Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, your Standing Committee on Social Development is pleased to provide its report on the statutory review of the Legal Aid Act and commends this report to the House.

The Legal Aid Act requires the Legislative Assembly or one of its standing or special committees to commence a review of the Act and its operations by December 28th, 2014, and every ten years thereafter. The review shall examine how the Act is administered and implemented, assess the effectiveness of its provisions, and may include recommendations for legislative changes.

The Northwest Territories's...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Minister look at equipping the schools that are not equipped with backup generators to have them installed within the schools? With the recent power outage in Fort McPherson, it shut the whole community down, even the schools and recent years before the school burnt down, we were able to attend the school because they had a backup generator but the new school doesn't. So will the Minister look at equipping schools within the NWT with backup generators in the future? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, Bill 24, An Act to Amend the Family Law Act, received second reading in the Legislative Assembly on March 13th, 2025, and it was referred to the Standing Committee on Social Development for review.

On October 20th, 2025, the standing committee held a public hearing with the Minister of Justice and completed its cause-by-cause review of the bill.

I thank the committee for their efforts in reviewing this legislation. Individual Members may have additional comments. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We are living in a totally different world with uncertainty today. Low water levels, forest fires, erosions, permafrost melting that's impacting our buildings, roads, and highways. You know, this bill will benefit all the communities throughout the NWT. They need to contact somebody during the day or during the night, they'll have a number and an answer for their inquiries.

The government is dismissing yet another motion that will give the residents of the NWT some much needed assurance. With so much emergencies going on throughout the NWT, the general public will be...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Sahtu, that pursuant to Rule 9.4(5)(a) the Government of the Northwest Territory table a comprehensive response to this report including all recommendations within 128 days or at the earliest opportunity subsequent to the passage of 128 days.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Yellowknife North, that the remainder of the Committee report 28-20(1), Standing Committee on Social Development Report Review of Bill 27, An Act to Amend The Protection Against Family Violence Act, be deemed read and printed in Hansard in its entirety.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Sahtu, that pursuant to Rule 9.4(5)(a), the Government of the Northwest Territories table a comprehensive response to this report, including all recommendations within 120 days or at its earliest opportunity subsequent to the passage of 128 days. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.