Vince McKay

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Wildfires are the responsibility of ECC. When it comes into the community, the Department of MACA will be involved. Even prior to it coming to the community, the Department of MACA will be involved. We will have staff, a regional EMO, local EMO, involved during that time to prepare of any potential emergency. That being said, the emergency plan has been continually being worked on. It's been involved in the community to or it's been communicated to the community for involvement from NGOs and other agencies. And the draft plan is expected to be completed by middle to...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As we're faced with another season of floods and wildfires, I understand that many communities and residents are concerned about the potential for disaster events. We have experienced a series of unprecedented disasters over the past four years, and as the snow melts, we are seeing dramatic changes in our landscape as a result of record low water levels. In light of this, I strongly encourage residents to check with family, friends, and neighbours, and especially the elderly who may not have access to the internet, to collectively take action to prepare for this year's...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So the department and the GNWT engage directly with the Privy Council's Office, Public Safety Canada, CIRNAC, and Indigenous Services on the availability of federal programs to assist uninsured homes and businesses impacted by the 2023 wildfires with financial assistance to rebuild. The GNWT also asked those departments to engage with other federal departments and agencies, such as CMHC. They explored the other federal programs to see if they could assist with the recovery. The GNWT was advised by the PSO and the PSC that they have explored all options across the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to take a moment to recognize one of our esteemed colleagues. During my previous engagements, I've been involved actively involved with the local Hay River Legion in Hay River, and I was on the executive. I was able to do lots of work with this individual in regards to his commitments.

The one I speak of is none other than our sergeantatarms of the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Floyd Powder. Today I stand in the House to commend Mr. Powder for his outstanding contribution to our nation's veterans, a commitment that has gained federal recognition with the...

I'll add to that list. Linda Dungar, Kevin Webb, Natalie Boucher, Chloe Campbell, Artise Cardinal, Brendan Flett, Zachriah Snellgrove. Chaperones Stephanie Hoss, Therese Bouchard, Alayah Femelcan, Kyler Krunke, Brian Hannah, Clayton Jamieson, and Jennifer Webb.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table the following two documents: Follow-up Letter for Oral Question 80-20(1): Supports for Electric Vehicles; and, Follow-up Letter to Oral Question 105-20(1) and Oral Question 112-20(1): Municipal Funding Gap. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So as I was saying earlier, the community emergency plan is just being finalized. They have worked with the community -- have done community engagements. They worked with the agencies in the community to upgrade it and update it. So as soon as that is completed, there is a plan to have a community public meeting. And, again, that would probably be within the next couple weeks or so because they're calling for that community emergency plan to be done here in short order. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I assume this is for me as it related to community emergency plans.

So when it comes down to the emergency plans for wildfire, the communities don't normally in their emergency plans, like the territorial emergency plan, doesn't get specific into an emergency or a specific event. It goes through what to do in that type of emergency. So when it comes to wildfire, that is ECC. So that would be an issue with -- or a topic with ECC.

The community emergency plan that was being worked on here, most recently they had a meeting back in April. There was engagement with the Deninu...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The GNWT has engaged with many federal departments. We've also worked closely with the territorial departments to see what options we have, what avenues we have to work with the residents of Enterprise. We've worked with the Privy Council Office, Public Safety Canada, CIRNAC, and Indigenous Services Canada. Those departments have reached out to all their federal counterparts to see what other options are available for residents. And we've also worked with -- they've also worked with departments such as CMHC for the residents that are affected in Enterprise and Behchoko...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We were notified a while ago, a month or so ago, that the current administrator is completing his term. And we have looked for a replacement SAO for MACA, because they are the public administrator, and the individual is agreeing to work there so far and I am hoping we could -- if they haven't been notified, the community should be notified here soon of who's going to be in there working for MACA as the public administrator/SAO. Thank you.