Jay Macdonald

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll pass that to the director. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to move item 14, tabling of documents, up in the order paper to number 9. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Yes, please, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, so it's important to recognize that the rental office is a judicial body that adjudicates the Residential Tenancies Act to both landlords and tenants. You know, we've recently made some changes to have friendlier applications to the rental office for landlords and tenants, which are now available online. We've updated policies and posted them online for greater transparency. We have a handbook posted that explains the rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants. And upon request, the Literacy Council and the Francophone Association has provided...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, although no formal response has been issued for these recommendations from the NWT Rental Office, the Department of Justice has committed to undertake a review of the Residential Tenancies Act during the 20th Assembly in response to the annual report of the rental officer, and the recurring issue of illegal activities in public housing raised through various channels are certainly one of the key reasons that we're undertaking this work. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Member for the question. Certainly, yeah, I can feel the sentiment that, you know, $80 a day does not seem like an adequate level of compensation for a person to give up their time and, you know, it's a tremendous sacrifice not only from a financial perspective, depending on sort of what your employment opportunities are like. Certainly willing to take that back and have a conversation with the department about what that could potentially look like. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, once again, I think this is really an all of government approach required here. Like I said earlier, you know, I've gone to many of the small communities, met with many of the leaders across the Northwest Territories on this exact issue, and I've heard many of the concerns that the Member has also raised around communities, you know, having specific needs. And I think as we look at this holistically and from the big picture, we need to continue that conversation with the communities to help them to identify potential funding sources and certainly optimistic...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I certainly feel for the Member and the impacts that her community and many communities are facing across the Northwest Territories. You know, our government has taken many steps to date, and we have many steps coming forward as we progress with different pieces of legislation, the Trespass Act, the Civil Forfeiture Act, the SCAN legislation, are tools that are on the landscape that will help support communities. I have been engaging with small communities, getting feedback and response from those communities, to address what their immediate needs are and...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Kam Lake, that Bill 24, An Act to Amend the Family Law Act, be read for the third time. And, Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded vote. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it's very challenging to quantify and compare carbon landscape emissions over time in the NWT and in Canada and worldwide for that matter. Canada and Canadian jurisdictions use methods developed by the United Nations to report on their emissions, and this message does not account for natural variations, carbon levels associated with, for example, wildfires or permafrost thaw. It really only captures the human-made emissions component of that data. And, you know, we also know that there are knowledge gaps in these emissions, and it is currently difficult to...