Julian Morse

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.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, Your Standing Committee on Government Operations is pleased to provide its Report on Bill 29, First Responders Workers’ Compensation Amendment Act, and commends it to the House.

Bill 29: First Responders Workers’ Compensation Amendment Act is a Private Member’s Bill that originally proposed substantial amendments to the Workers' Compensation Act, including establishing presumptive coverage for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for frontline emergency workers and expanding presumptive coverage for firefighters to include all cancer types and heart related...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Minister for those answers. Finally, Mr. Speaker, is funding for the independent environmental monitoring agency up to date, and was that considered in provisions in this loan as well? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in December, Burgundy Diamond Mines received a large enterprise tariff loan in the amount of $115 million, as we saw in the news. Mr. Speaker, was Cabinet -- oh and sorry, my questions are for the Government House Leader on this item.

Was Cabinet asked for their views on the $115 million loan and what should be done with it? Thank you.

Okay, thank you, Mr. Chair. And I appreciate that answer. I guess, so I can understand that it would be issue by issue. You know, something I have floated to the Premier previously is whether we need to establish timelines around our processes. I am curious while we're here to get a comment on that.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And, yeah, I have a question just in the -- that is building upon some of the questions we were just asking on the previous page and we were discussing last night. It notes here that in the Office of the Secretary to Cabinet, some of the responsibilities include formalizing how the GNWT works with its partners when developing land and resource legislation.

So I am not going to repeat and tread back over the conversation we had last night regarding the IGCS, but something I did note in conversations with stakeholders who have kind of more knowledge of that table than I...

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Member for Great Slave, that Committee Report 36-20(1), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of Bill 29, First Responders Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, be received and adopted by the Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thanks, Madam Chair. I appreciate that. I appreciate, frankly, that there just is work going on to address that. I think it's something that government gets criticized a lot about. So I think it's good that we have people who are putting minds to how to address these issues of siloing.

Just on that note, I am curious if we've put a lot of thought into generally -- the deputy minister mentioned culture developing and how that can happen. I wonder if we put a lot of thought into the organizational culture of the GNWT and how we can shift that culture, where necessary, and as much as possible...