Debates of May 21, 2025 (day 56)

May
21
2025
Session
20th Assembly, 1st Session
Day
56
Speaker
Shane Thompson
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Members Present
Hon. Caitlin Cleveland, Mr. Edjericon, Mr. Hawkins, Hon. Lucy Kuptana, Hon. Jay Macdonald, Hon. Vince McKay, Mr. McNeely, Ms. Morgan, Mr. Morse, Ms. Reid, Mr. Rodgers, Hon. Lesa Semmler, Hon. R.J. Simpson, Mr. Testart, Hon. Shane Thompson, Hon. Caroline Wawzonek, Mrs. Weyallon Armstrong, Mrs. Yakeleya
Assembly Members
Topics
Bill 17: Municipal and Community Affairs Statutes Amendment Act
Bill 18: An Act to Amend the Partnership and Business Names Act
Bill 26: An Act to Amend the Public Service Act
Committee Report 22-20(1): Report on the Review of the 2023-2024 Public Accounts, carried
Member’s Statement 618-20(1): Congratulations to Rebecca Alty, New Member of Parliament for the Northwest Territories
Member’s Statement 619-20(1): Support for 2SLGBTQIAA+ Rights and Transgender Healthcare
Member’s Statement 620-20(1): Substance Abuse Crisis
Member’s Statement 621-20(1): State of the Economy of the Northwest Territories
Member’s Statement 622-20(1): Barging Conditions for 2025 Sailing Season
Member’s Statement 623-20(1): Government of the Northwest Territories Relief for Territorial Diamond Mines
Member’s Statement 624-20(1): Regulatory Regime for Counsellors and Psychotherapists
Member’s Statement 625-20(1): Administration of and Plans for the Hamlet of Enterprise
Member’s Statement 626-20(1): Housing Programs in the Northwest Territories
Member’s Statement 627-20(1): Nunakput Constituency and 20th Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly’s Vision
Member’s Statement 628-20(1): Celebration of Life for Dr. Earl Covert
Member’s Statement 629-20(1): Celebration of Life for Vincent Moses
Question 660-20(1): Senior Envoy to the Northwest Territories
Question 661-20(1): Relief Measures for Territorial Diamond Mines
Question 662-20(1): Relationship between Alberta and the Northwest Territories
Question 663-20(1): Funding of Housing Programs in the Northwest Territories
Question 664-20(1): Access to Transgender Healthcare
Question 665-20(1): Administration of the Hamlet of Enterprise
Question 666-20(1): Northwest Territories Legal Aid Commission Capacities
Question 667-20(1): 2025 Mackenzie River Sailing Season
Question 668-20(1): Staff to Patient Ratios Review at Stanton Territorial Hospital
Question 669-20(1): Regulatory Regime for Counsellors and Psychotherapists
Question 670-20(1): Measles Vaccination Mandate for Education Body Staff
Question 671-20(1): Unauthorized Disclosures of Personal Information
Question 672-20(1): Advocating for Support for Housing Programs in the Northwest Territories
Question 673-20(1): Modernization of Section 41 of the Public Service Act
Question 674-20(1): Caribou Harvesting and Wastage
Return to Oral Question 530-20(1): Senior Envoy to the Government of Canada
Return to Oral Question 607-20(1): Coverage Exemptions for Uninsured Medical Procedures
Return to Oral Question 645-20(1): Senior Envoy to the Government of Canada
Return to Written Question 14-20(1): Operating Rooms at Stanton Territorial Hospital
Tabled Document 324-20(1): Note to File Mackenzie Valley Review Board Meeting with Government of the Northwest Territories Staff
Tabled Document 326-20(1): Additional Information for Written Question 16-20(1): Environmental Liabilities
Tabled Document 328-20(1): Additional Information for Return to Written Question 14-20(1): Operating Room Activities for Stanton Territorial Hospital
Tabled Document 330-20(1): College and Association of Nurses – Northwest Territories and Nunavut: Nursing Collective Agreement & Association Function Survey
Tabled Document 332-20(1): List of Deceased Northwest Territories World War ii Veterans
Statements

Question 666-20(1): Northwest Territories Legal Aid Commission Capacities

Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, summer is approaching, and many of our young people will be on school break, so talking about drug crisis right now is appropriate to send a message to the young people in our communities.

So, Mr. Speaker, I noticed there is a vacancy on the board for the representative for North Slave. Can the Minister of Justice speak to the current capacities of the Legal Aid Commission? Thank you.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Member from Monfwi. Minister of Justice.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'll have to take that question as notice. Thank you.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Minister of Justice. Oral questions. Member from Sahtu.