George Nerysoo

Mr. Chair, I just had that one question. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Orin Gwiinzii. Good day, colleagues. Today I would like to give my perspectives on the 2024 2025 Budget of the Government of the Northwest Territories and how it will affect the residents of our communities. Although the government has to make some very difficult choices for the benefit of our immediate future and the continued lifestyle of all our residents who are dependent on the operation of our daytoday wellbeing. We, as a government, and the residents of the Northwest Territories, must play an important role in making this budget work for all involved. Myself, as...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's all. Thank you.

I was referring to the Indigenous language revitalization. It was revised in 2023 at 200, and main estimates for 20242025, it's cut to zero. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I've always stated that our Indigenous languages are in great  are in need of revitalization, especially the Gwich'in language. It's dying at a fast rate. And a lot of our elders, who don't get to go out as often as they'd like, because and we're losing a lot of elders too. So the Indigenous language broadcasting, I see is cut by $52,000. Can the Minister give me some insight on why the cut has been made? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. In Inuvik at the Aurora College facility, they have these trailers, trades trailers I think they're called. They've been sitting there for a number of years without moving to any of the communities, outlying communities. I know in my community of Fort McPherson, they've been expressing interest in seeing if they can bring these trailers to the communities and get some of our local people trained in some trade or another. Is it covered in here on page 55 or 56 somewhere? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My question or my concern is in regards to everybody knows that there's a big shortage of early childhood care in the smaller communities and even in the regional centres and even in Yellowknife. So we have a lot of young mothers or parents that want to go to school or go to work, but due to the lack of early childhood facilities they are reluctant to go and leave their families with leave their kids with babysitters or other caretakers.

My question is in just one question here is in regards to is there funding available for renovating homes or upgrading homes to fit the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In the mid 1960s, the Executive Council was in place to somewhat govern the people of the Northwest Territories. The majority of residents were of Indigenous descent and lived a traditional lifestyle.

This socalled government decided to intervene on our independence and our strength as a nation. It stated that they wanted to make our lives for comfortable and convenient, so they started building public housing units. The Gwich'in people, who did not want their lifestyles changed, but the government officials were persistent in bettering our lives. Now fast forward to the...

Thank you for the commitment from the Minister. The Minister acknowledged in the House on February 8th, 2024, the intended goal of productive choices is not being met. Can the Minister describe how the department tracks clients' productive choices? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

On March 25, 2024, committee received a public briefing from the Minister and his staff on Bill 2. The Minister's presentation is included in Appendix B.

Between March 2024 to April 2024, committee engaged the public. Committee hosted four public meetings in Inuuvik, Aklavik, and YellowknifeSombak'e. There were two public meetings held in YellowknifeSombak'e one of which was with the RCMP and the other was with the public. A total of 55 people attended committee's public meetings.

Committee also sought written submissions on Bill 2. We sent nine targeted engagement letters...