Kieron Testart

Well, thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you for the Minister for joining me in this impromptu debate. Mr. Speaker, if not if we can't do a UBI, can we do a universal can we pilot a guaranteed income program, which the Minister spoke of the differences between the two, so can we do that instead of UBI? She seems to be lukewarm on UBI. Can we get guaranteed income in the pipeline as a pilot? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that the chair rise and report progress. What, no?

I believe I'm being asked a question, Mr. Speaker, so I'll clarify. A resource dividend would be paid out to everyone in the Northwest Territories just like they have in Alaska. That's done through interest. Is the Minister willing to make changes to the heritage fund so we can extract interest from our investments and pay it out to Northerners? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Madam Chair. It's the evacuation travel support program, it's being sunset. Hopefully for good reason. But is the Minister confident that everyone who needs help from this fund has been helped and there are no there's nothing in the queue or things that are going to be harmed or going to not receive support by the sunsetting of these funds? Thank you.

Thank you. That sounds like what we need and what we're looking for. What is the timeline for this plan, Mr. Speaker?

Thank you, Madam Chair. Well, perhaps we could burn reusable diesel renewable diesel, or other forms of bio diesel. There are so many options out there right now. Okay, that's good.

I'm concerned, though, that there are still some issues with, like, our local power grid. I know my colleague, the Member for Yellowknife Centre, has brought this up but Naka, the newly rechristened Naka utilities has basically tells consumers they have to pay for their own infrastructure when they want to have high capacity or high fast charging for EVs in their garages, things like that. Our power system's not...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It should come at no shock to anyone that this is a huge imposition on people who require this care. It's stress inducing. It is jeopardizing their health further potentially to make these trips. So what measure is the Minister taking to address the concerns raised by blood cancer patients regarding this anxiety, exposure to potential germs, and logistical challenges, and possible job losses associated with frequent travel to Alberta for cancer care? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I too would like to raise the minority language education and secondary language instruction, in particular or the French sorry, the French funding, which is decreasing by I believe my calculations around one point just shy of $1.5 million. And I understand that's a sunsetting from the French language cooperative agreement. The Northwest Territories is has a great reputation and success rate for producing bilingual students through its JK to 12 system. Sorry, I'm getting all my numbers lined or my letters and numbers lined up. So and this is great. I...

Mr. Speaker, the only person who wants to shut down correctional centres is the Minister of Justice. It's not this Member. In fact I would rather see all of our correctional officers keep their jobs and continue doing good work for the territory. Is the Minister not looking at SMCC because it's in his riding? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So of course, the safety of children is always paramount and should be the key consideration to any policy around their care. Will the Minister commit to reviewing the ratios with the daycare association and other daycare providers this fiscal year? Thank you.