Julian Morse

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, at my recent constituency meeting, I had a good discussion with Frame Lake residents about their reaction to the after-action review of the 2023 wildfire season. One of the key concerns we discussed was the lack of trust and confidence in GNWT communications during the event, and I do want to take a second to acknowledge that the report made a point of noting that NWT Fires' regular updates were received positively.

My constituents were clear, Mr. Speaker, that it is important to them that the government rebuild trust with residents, as it's crucial that...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just very quickly, why did so many of these projects have to carryover? It just striked me as a large number of projects as opposed to -- I mean, it's a fair amount of money, but just so many of them and so many across the territory, why so many? Does the department simply not have the capacity to complete the number of projects it's budgeting for, or what's going on? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, some of these reforms to the way that we're managing contracts, have we considered -- or maybe we already do -- consider looking at previous performance on contracts when awarding subsequent contracts. So if a vendor has gone over budget frequently or if the vendor has gone over budget previously, does that affect their point rating in terms of their being awarded contracts in the future? So what I'm looking for is can we demand accountability not just from ourselves but also from contractors as they bid on contracts.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's it for questions for me, and I'll just kind of reiterate that I'd like to see, you know, the department of MACA working to -- and Cabinet certainly working to stabilize this fund over time so that we're not stuck coming for supplementary estimates. And I think, you know, we need to figure out how to fund sport to ensure that, yeah, activity is going on in communities. I think a lot of the community programming is really important, and I just want to emphasize that. So I'll leave my comments at that for now. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's it for me.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The first question is the funding to transitional housing and shelter services in Yellowknife, does this represent a one-time grant to organizations to continue these services, or -- yeah, that's my first question. And if the Minister could outline what exactly is being supported.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I was just wondering the section 11, cost-shared funding, can you give us a better explanation of that. It's not self-explanatory. Not you yourself but the Minister, sorry. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to recognize a couple constituents, registered nurses who have been reaching out to me, and I certainly appreciate them doing so, Mr. Speaker. Kristen Norwick and Jennifer Pitt are in the gallery today, so welcome to them. And if there's any other Frame Lakers I’ve missed, I do apologize. Couldn't see you there. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The next question is just the capacity building in NGOs. I know this is something the Premier has spoken about previously, and this is work that was planned. So for that reason, the fact that it was planned, I'm just curious why this came in as a supp; it wasn't simply budgeted for.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's it for me for.