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2Nd Session Day 68 19Th Assembly HANSARD Wednesday, March 10 2nd Session Day 68 19th Assembly HANSARD Wednesday, March 10, 2021 Pages 2439 – 2492 The Honourable Frederick Blake Jr, Speaker Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories Members of the Legislative Assembly Speaker Hon. Frederick Blake Jr. (Mackenzie Delta) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hon. Diane Archie Hon. Julie Green Ms. Lesa Semmler (Inuvik Boot Lake) (Yellowknife Centre) (Inuvik Twin Lakes) Deputy Premier Minister of Health and Social Services Minister of Infrastructure Minister responsible for Persons with Minister responsible for the NWT Power Disabilities Mr. Rocky Simpson Corporation Minister responsible for Seniors (Hay River South) Mr. Ronald Bonnetrouge Mr. Jackie Jacobson Hon. R.J. Simpson (Deh Cho) (Nunakput) (Hay River North) Government House Leader Mr. Rylund Johnson Minister of Education, Culture & Ms. Caitlin Cleveland Employment (Kam Lake) (Yellowknife North) Minister of Justice Hon. Paulie Chinna Mr. Jackson Lafferty Hon. Shane Thompson (Sahtu) (Monfwi) (Nahendeh) Minister of Municipal and Community Minister of Environment and Natural Affairs Ms. Frieda Martselos Resources Minister of Lands Minister responsible for the NWT (Thebacha) Housing Corporation Minister responsible for the Workers' Minister responsible for Homelessness Safety and Compensation Minister responsible for Youth Ms. Katrina Nokleby Commission Minister responsible for the Public (Great Slave) Utilities Board Hon. Caroline Wawzonek Mr. Steve Norn (Yellowknife South) Hon. Caroline Cochrane (Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh) Minister of Finance Minister of Industry, Tourism and (Range Lake) Premier Investment, including responsibility Minister of Executive and Indigenous Mr. Kevin O'Reilly for the Business Development and Affairs (Frame Lake) Investment Corporation Minister responsible for the Status of Minister responsible for the COVID-19 Women Coordinating Secretariat ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Officers Clerk of the Legislative Assembly Mr. Tim Mercer Deputy Clerks Committee Clerks Law Clerks Mr. Glen Rutland Mr. Gerry Burla Ms. Sheila MacPherson Ms. Kim Wickens Ms. Cynthia James Mr. Toby Kruger __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Box 1320 Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Tel: (867) 767-9010 Fax: (867) 920-4735 Toll-Free: 1-800-661-0784 http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca Published under the authority of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories TABLE OF CONTENTS PRAYER .................................................................................................................................................... 2439 MINISTERS' STATEMENTS ....................................................................................................................... 2439 135-19(2) – Annual Status Report on the Mandate of the Government of the Northwest Territories, 2019-2023 (Cochrane) ........................................................................................ 2439 136-19(2) – Update on the Tlicho Highway Construction Project / Tlichum Apqutiqpanga (Archie) .......... 2440 137-19(2) – Community Elections (Chinna) ........................................................................................... 2441 MEMBERS' STATEMENTS ........................................................................................................................ 2441 Medevac Services and Medical Escorts (Jacobson) .............................................................................. 2441 Yellowknives Dene First Nation Housing Strategy (Norn)....................................................................... 2442 Biomass Heating and Energy Efficiency of Northwest Territories Housing Corporation Housing (Bonnetrouge) ..................................................................................................... 2442 Housing Needs of Indigenous Peoples (R. Simpson) ............................................................................. 2442 Seniors' Housing Needs (Martselos) ..................................................................................................... 2443 Housing Wait Lists (Semmler) .............................................................................................................. 2443 Housing Issues in Great Slave (Nokleby) .............................................................................................. 2444 Housing Partnerships (Cleveland) ........................................................................................................ 2444 Land Tenure and Homeownership (Johnson) ........................................................................................ 2445 Eulogy for David Schindler (O'Reilly) .................................................................................................... 2445 ORAL QUESTIONS .................................................................................................................................... 2446 WRITTEN QUESTIONS .............................................................................................................................. 2453 REPORTS OF STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES .......................................................................... 2453 TABLING OF DOCUMENTS....................................................................................................................... 2457 MOTIONS .................................................................................................................................................. 2457 30-19(2) – Actions for Improved Housing Outcomes (Cleveland) ........................................................... 2457 FIRST READING OF BILLS ....................................................................................................................... 2461 Bill 23 – An Act to Amend the Public Utilities Act ................................................................................... 2461 CONSIDERATION IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE OF BILLS AND OTHER MATTERS .......................... 2462 REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE .............................................................................................. 2491 ORDERS OF THE DAY .............................................................................................................................. 2491 ii March 10, 2021 NORTHWEST TERRITORIES HANSARD Page 2439 YELLOWKNIFE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES Wednesday, March 10, 2021 Members Present Hon. Diane Archie, Hon. Frederick Blake Jr., Mr. Bonnetrouge, Hon. Paulie Chinna, Ms. Cleveland, Hon. Caroline Cochrane, Hon. Julie Green, Mr. Jacobson, Mr. Johnson, Ms. Martselos, Ms. Nokleby, Mr. Norn, Mr. O'Reilly, Ms. Semmler, Hon. R.J. Simpson, Mr. Rocky Simpson, Hon. Shane Thompson, Hon. Caroline Wawzonek The House met at 1:31 p.m. initially encountered as we turned our focus to our response, we expect that the majority of our government's mandate will be achieved within the Prayer life of this Legislative Assembly, reasonably close to our original anticipated timelines. With this in ---Prayer mind, later today, I will table the first annual status report on the implementation of the mandate. The SPEAKER (Hon. Frederick Blake Jr.): Item 2, report reflects on a full year of our government's Ministers' statements. Honourable Premier. work, from February 2020 to January 2021, to advance and fulfill our commitments. It highlights Ministers' Statements some of our government's major accomplishments from the past year as well as a number of expected MINISTER'S STATEMENT 135-19(2): achievements for the upcoming year. The report ANNUAL STATUS REPORT ON THE MANDATE also provides detailed tracking of the status of the OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NORTHWEST commitments, actions, timelines, and performance TERRITORIES, 2019-2023 measures outlined in the mandate. HON. CAROLINE COCHRANE: Mr. Speaker, one Mr. Speaker, I would like to share with Members year ago, I tabled the Mandate of the Northwest some of the highlights from the annual status Territories, 2019-2023. The mandate document report. In the past year, our government has made outlines the actions our government is taking to it a priority to build and strengthen our relationships advance the 22 priorities established by this with Indigenous governments. This work has Legislative Assembly and includes timelines and included establishing the Special Committee on measures for tracking our progress. The priorities Reconciliation and Indigenous Affairs with Regular reflect actions that the 19 of us agreed needed to Members and continuing to work to implement the be advanced, and we collectively developed them United Nations Declaration on the Rights of in recognition that these actions were needed to Indigenous Peoples. We have also worked to strengthen the social and economic status of the improve culturally respectful social supports, such Northwest Territories. To say that a lot has as on-the-land healing programs and counselling happened since the mandate was first tabled is an programs, and to provide support for Indigenous understatement. governments to deliver mobile addictions treatment, family-based treatment, and after-care The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged all of us programming. over the past year. It has changed how our government delivers programs and services and Further efforts to improve social supports for all how we advance major projects
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