Julian Morse

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would just note that in the government's response to the 2025 environmental audit, it very specifically says in there, in writing, that it is a strategy. I'm curious about this. And I guess I would just ask the question, what is the point of developing a vision if you don't have a strategy to implement it? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, every year when we receive the operations budget, our finance department publishes an economic review which assesses the state of our economy against a framework of macroeconomic indicators. The 2025-2026 review was certainly concerning, speaking to a downturn in the diamond industry, challenges growing our workforce, and little success in achieving growth in other sectors.

We are doing a good job of identifying and summarizing our economic challenges, and it's certainly a depressing read. What's missing, however, and really stands out to me when I read the...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I don't need to emphasize the importance of this to the Minister; we have chats about it often. So I'll leave it at that. Those are all my questions for this page. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I understand that there's a desire among certain Members to respond swiftly to things like a report like this, and certainly there can be merit in doing that, but I also want to note that it's important to me to take the time to understand an issue fully, give appropriate weight to a decision as impactful as departmental restructuring or establishment of a new agency altogether. We have limited resources, and we need to take the time necessary to be responsible stewards of those resources. For these reasons, I have advocated for and I'm looking forward to a...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I Appreciate that, that further clarification and substantiation.

Just want to say, you know, yeah, it's definitely important. The department is putting resources into enforcement on the winter road. I think -- I don't need to emphasize the importance of caribou in the territory. And so this one is important to me, and I'm happy to see them making this investment. Thank you. That's it for me on this page, thanks.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The first question I have is, we know that the 2023 Wildfire After-Action Review noted that more effective fire behaviour modeling software is needed. Is the department planning for wildfire modeling software upgrades to support the new fire centre's new coordination centre? Will that form part of the capital plan in future years, or is it part of the plan right now, or can the Minister give us some updates on that?

No, thanks.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of ECC. Mr. Speaker, what is the status of the initiative to bulk transfer Commissioner's land within the municipal boundary of the city of Yellowknife at this time? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this summer I received a request from a constituent to deal with an issue that seemed to pretty clearly fall under municipal jurisdiction. Someone was illegally dumping domestic garbage in a small wooded area about 10 metres off of one of Yellowknife's most densely populated neighbourhoods in my riding. MLAs often receive issues which fall under municipal purview, and I make sure to forward these issues on to city Council to handle. But we looked it up and, sure enough, this piece of land in question is untenured Commissioner's land. So despite being deep...

Thank you. And I wanted to similarly ask some questions about the Gordon Lake patrol station. So I'm just looking at the most recent mobile core Bathurst caribou management zone, and the patrol station is on there. It looks from the map that the patrol station is not on the main winter road route. I could be wrong about that. But is there talk of relocating the station to the winter road, or am I just simply mistaken?