Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, Members have been eagerly awaiting the Premier's promised plan -- promised suite of anticrime legislation - the Trespass Act, SCAN Act, Civil Forfeiture Act. It's still on the books. My constituents are eagerly awaiting it. My colleagues are eagerly awaiting it. Can the Premier give us a firm time when these bills are going to be introduced? Thank you.
Thank you, Member from Range Lake. Mr. Premier.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Trespass Act, the legislative proposal is targeted for the second quarter of 2025-2026, so that would mean within the first six months of the upcoming fiscal year. And after a legislative proposal is created, it, of course, is shared confidentially with our colleagues in the Standing Committee on Accountability and Oversight. They have up to six weeks to provide feedback on that legislative proposal at which point it comes to Cabinet for a decision, and after that decision, if Cabinet decides to proceed, then the bill is drafted and that can take some time as well. And along that process, there are a number of instances where things could get held up. So in terms of a hard timeline, I don't think anyone should be giving hard timelines on legislation in this Assembly because I've been here nine years, and I don't know how many times I've really seen those timelines strictly adhered to. There's always something happening. There's always new emergencies that are taking resources. And so things move around quite a bit.
SCAN legislation, legislative proposal is targeted for this upcoming year as well. There will be consultation that will be starting in the spring. So the public can expect to hear about that and be able to provide their feedback on that bill which is very important given the history of this bill and its defeat in a previous Assembly.
And Civil Forfeiture Act, the legislative proposal is again on the same timeline. Hopefully sometime this fall, we should have that in place. But the idea is to -- the goal is to have all of these pieces of legislation passed by the end of this Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Premier for pulling out the book. This is a question I get asked all the time. Our streets are increasingly a dangerous place for our residents.
We passed a piece of legislation in, like, two days using extraordinary force of will from this Assembly. We can move very quickly if we want to. Can the Premier commit to bringing forward all these LPs within this sitting of the legislature. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. No, no, no, I can't do that. We only have so much capacity in this government. You know, there was the bill the Member was referencing that moved through very quickly. Unfortunately, at the Department of Justice we have a limited number of policy staff who work on all of our initiatives, and then we have a limited number of drafters as well. And so to bring forward all of these items in such a short timeframe, it wouldn't be logistically possible if we want to it well. And we also have a public engagement piece we want to do with things, especially like the SCAN legislation. We don't want to bring forward this legislation if it's just going to be defeated in the House because there's opposition across the territory. So we want to make sure we go out, have conversations, and bring forward legislation that will be supported. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Premier. Final supplementary. Member from Range Lake.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we've had a year of this government to get a move on on these signature -- I think the Premier's been on record saying these are the signature pieces of this legislation. Again, I'll ask can we get these LPs in place by let's say the May/June sitting so we could actually see all of them passed this year. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Unfortunately, because of the resources that we have, our ability to go out and consult and ensure that there's adequate time to do those types of things, I can't make that commitment. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Premier. Oral questions. Member from Yellowknife Centre.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to ask a question, not about the money but about the establishment of the envoy, where he got his mandate from, Indigenous governance.
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Fair enough.
