Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yesterday was a very long day for everybody, and especially myself and, Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the Justice Minister.
Will the Minister of Justice be brought up to speed and to look into the long decade of investigations into the death that occurred at St. Joseph's School in Fort Resolution and to go forward under the Coroner's Act and allow the coroner's office to support the Deninu Kue First Nation in their investigation? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. Minister of Justice.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Member for the question. You know, I know this is a very sensitive subject and, you know, the discovery of unmarked graves of former residential students is a deeply sensitive issue that we must approach with respect, dignity, empathy for the Indigenous communities involved and the families. You know, this is an area where, as an Indigenous person, my mother was a residential school survivor, I feel very deeply about this subject, and I am committed to working with everyone involved -- the community, the Member, the department of education, the coroner's office -- to have a conversation about how we can advance this issue and find a resolution that meets the needs of all of the people of the Northwest Territories, the Indigenous governments, the families. Really, the families too, right. That's an important component here that we need to really keep top of mind. We have elders that are here interpreting for us that have generational connections to this issue, and we need to truly respect that within this House. But I will commit to working with the Member and all of the parties involved to work toward a resolution for this issue. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question to the Minister of Justice is that we're going to be here until next week, and we're pretty well done, but my question to the Minister is that if there's a way we could start working and reaching out to the Indigenous governments in Fort Resolution and the families and work together to see if we could try and come up with a date as to when we could meet and try to look for a solution to this issue. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'm totally committed to that. I have an open calendar this afternoon. I'd already scheduled a briefing on this topic with staff from the Department of Justice and ECC to get totally up to speed. I'm happy to put some time aside in my calendar this afternoon to meet with the Member and any of his leadership that are interested in having that meeting. And, again, I'll reiterate that I'm committed to working together with everyone that has an interest here in finding an expedited solution to advancing this issue. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Minister of Justice. Final supplementary. Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And my question to the Minister now that we're moving forward, we really need to modernize our legislation to fall in line with the UNDRIP and -- that's very important, and all their legislation that's out there. So I look forward, if we could get a commitment from the Minister to get this looked at in the next few months. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I think the Premier has made it very clear in all of our mandate letters that that is certainly a priority and part of how we plan on doing business as a Premier and Cabinet to ensure that we are respecting all of those decisions and applying the appropriate measures. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Minister of Justice. Colleagues, time is up for oral questions. Oral questions. Written questions. Returns to written questions.
Member from Yellowknife Centre.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to the House to return to oral questions, item number 7 on the orders of the day. Thank you.
Thank you, Member from Yellowknife Centre -- can I please finish my job? Are there any nays? Nay.
