Julian Morse

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'm quite disappointed to hear that. I understand, Mr. Speaker, this was a budget commitment made in response to a committee and was committed to on the floor by the Finance Minister. It's difficult for me to understand them saying now it can't be done. Can the Minister elaborate on that and why are we reneging on the commitment? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I certainly don't have as colourful a speech as my colleague from Great Slave. I think that one is going to go down in history as one of the better alliterations I've heard on a budget, the outhouses to homes, or how she put it? I just have a few comments on this one, Mr. Speaker, and I am going to keep them quite brief.

The first one is that, you know, I put my comments on the record when we approved the mains last year about the housing funding that we were able to secure, that historic investment that came from the collaboration of Regular MLAs. And I...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Of course the natural follow-up is if replacement of our system to improve interoperability is what needs to be done, can the Minister give us an update on work towards that? Is there a budget ask coming? Are they working to address that issue? Thank you;

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And Mr. Speaker, I do note that in the Budget Dialogues document, again it came up that a cohesive economic vision is something that we're missing in the NWT, and so stakeholders were saying we need to establish something. So I do encourage us to put that vision forward.

Mr. Speaker, does the Minister feel that this kind of high-level economic analysis and planning belong just in plans created by ITI, or should we be taking a wider approach perhaps attaching this kind of analysis and planning to the government mandate or having finance report on it alongside our economic...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and apologies for earlier.

Mr. Speaker, in June 2024, I spoke to and tabled the Greenland Economic Council report as an example of how economic analysis could be incorporated into strategy. Has the department considered how it could better incorporate such analysis into our new upcoming investment strategy? The question is for the Minister of ECE. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the words of my colleagues and don't have a huge amount to add here, but I'll just share some of the words that I shared when I heard of Mr. Whitford's passing.

I first met Mr. Whitford when he was working as the Sergeant-at-Arms in the Assembly and I was a young cub scout working as a page. To the pages in the room, this was actually my first job too.

He was a reassuring and warm figure in a pretty intimidating setting, and I've thought fondly of him since. He certainly made immeasurable contributions to our community and territory, and he was a...

Thank you Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker given how complex that task is I am going to give the Minister a lot of leeway here. Does she think she can commit to having that interoperability problem solved within the term of this Assembly?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are also for the health Minister. I just wanted to ask some questions about her statement earlier today. She mentioned that additional schedules are currently being developed to formalize existing partnerships and processes with the Alberta government. Can the Minister elaborate on this? Is this going to help with interoperability between our system and theirs? Many of my constituents have raised concerns with having to translate reports between governments and the difficulties that they have with getting records for Alberta written in the NWT...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the Minister's point yesterday that we don't want to waste time strategizing and focus on doing. So how does she suggest we communicate our economic plans effectively and ensure they are effective at addressing our challenges? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Sorry, Mr. Speaker, I lost my notes. I'll have to go again.