Julian Morse

Thank you, Madam Chair. I believe that transitional housing falls under this item, although I don't see it specifically referred to here, so maybe I should just confirm that I am on the right page?

Thank you, Madam Chair. And before I go on with questions, I do just want to make a note of complimenting Housing NWT on all the outcomes based goals in their business plan, certainly appreciating that. It's something we talked about at the beginning of our Assembly when the business plans were updated. Didn't see that from a lot of departments, and I think HNWT is a great example of, you know, just setting an outcome that they're trying to achieve and working towards it. I see that in the business plan here, so good work.

But I want to -- the next item is on page 19 of the business plan. I am...

Thank you, Madam Chair. And so is the department confident that they'll be able to go from legislative proposal to draft -- or to having legislation drafted and a bill in the House within a time period to get this done within the term of this Assembly? We are -- the time is ticking. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate that they are listening to us on the floor, and I hope that they've been hearing the comments that have been made by previous standing committees and Members in this House about how it would be appreciated if the IGCS conducted itself more publicly. To that point, Mr. Speaker, will the contractor be engaging with the Assembly and the public and reporting publicly on their findings? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wanted to follow up a bit on the line of questioning I had with the Premier earlier. He mentioned that the review of the intergovernmental agreement is going to be done by a contractor; however, the business plan that they just shared with us a few weeks ago says an internal IGCS committee and terms of reference for that review have been established and that they have been meeting regularly to advance the review. So can the Premier just clarify for us is this being done by a contractor or a committee? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I note in their 2023 report on the Forest Act, the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment made a number of recommendations related to the co-drafting process and how it relates to the public and committee. Can the Premier confirm these recommendations will be reviewed and addressed by the IGCS committee conducting the intergovernmental agreement review? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I almost got ahead of myself there. Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the Minister of Infrastructure.

Earlier this sitting, I raised the need for a regulation under the Motor Vehicles Act for disposal of low-value vehicles. I note that the City of Yellowknife recently wrote the Minister about this issue again. So I wanted to ask the Minister again, can he commit to bringing forward a regulation under the Motor Vehicles Act for disposal of low-value vehicles within the term of this Assembly? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Okay, thank you, Mr. Chair. And just to be clear, I think that that should be considered within the seven-year review.

If I could, with the time I have left, I'd like the Minister -- or sorry, the Premier to comment on the idea that perhaps GNWT could be providing better leadership at these tables, so. And what I am referring to there is often when I've asked about this on the floor, a process, the one that comes to mind for me, is the targeted amendments to the Waters Act. The Minister has repeatedly said, well, we are one member at the table and speaks of GNWT as being equal at the table. And...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And thank you for that response. So that response gave me the who. I think what I was trying to get at with the question was the how and what is informing the how. So to reiterate the question maybe to make it a bit more clearer, what I am looking for is what kind of policy direction are staff operating under. You know, I mean, I shared a perception that we're working in true consensus. I'd be curious to know if that's actually the case. But what I am wondering about, to get a bit more clear here, is how we're maintaining timelines, how we're maintaining timeliness. And...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Member for Great Slave, 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 the earliest opportunity subsequent to the passage of 120 days. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.