Frederick Blake Jr.

Member from Yellowknife Centre on a personal explanation.

Good afternoon, colleagues. Welcome back to the Legislative Assembly. With the easing of COVID19 restrictions, we have returned to our usual Chambers setup and operations. Our gallery is open to the public. We are able to increase the number of interpreters here. We will be providing interpretation into Chipewyan, Tlicho, North Slave, South Slave, Inuvialuktun, and French this sitting. Please join me in thanking our interpreters for their dedication and important work that they do in preserving, strengthening, and honouring our official languages.

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Colleagues, we have removed the extra...

Good afternoon, Members, and welcome back to the Assembly. I hope that it was a productive March Break speaking with constituents, spending time with family and friends, and getting out on the land to start of spring in the North.

Members will note some changes in the legislative Chamber. Today, the Legislative Assembly will host its first hybrid sitting, with Members participating remotely.

Pursuant to Rule 10.1(2)(b) I have, at their request, allowed the following Members to participate in part of this sitting remotely:

Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes.

Member for Kam Lake.

Honourable Member for...

Colleagues, The Arctic Inspiration Prize has just celebrated its 10th Anniversary. It recognizes northern innovation and excellence and encourages teamwork for the betterment of life in the Arctic. It inspires, enables, and celebrates the achievements of the North. I'd like to congratulate a few teams from the Western Arctic who just received awards showcasing their projects.

For the theme of environment and science, located in Tuktoyaktuk, the Community Climate Resiliency Project. Congratulations, Team.

For the theme of healing, health and wellness, Hope House, located in Inuvik...

Good afternoon, colleagues. We are reconvening today, after another delayed start date due to COVID19 outbreaks. We last convened in this Chamber on December 9, 2021. I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday season and a good start to 2022.

I know with restrictions that were in place, many of us were not able to have large family gatherings like we are used to having during the holidays. I would like to thank everyone for continuing to do our part in protecting our communities, our children, and our elders.

On January 20th, pursuant to Motion 4819(2) and in the public interest, I announced...

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Minister’s Statement 187-19(2):

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Colleagues, before we begin today I'd like to provide some clarity on the events of yesterday. In speaking to the Member for Thebacha's motion yesterday, Mr. Norn made the following statement. I quote from the unedited Hansard:

“I will say that I will resign. I will prevent you from making this vote. I will save you that. I will do that and do you that honour. And I -- and that I could feel the will of the people in this room, and I will respect that.”

Section 10(1) of the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act lays out the different ways that a Member may resign their seat in this House...

Colleagues, welcome back to the Chamber. Before we begin, I wish to offer condolences on behalf of the Assembly to the family and friends of the honourable Robert MacQuarrie.

Mr. MacQuarrie began his adventure in the North in 1966, teaching across the Eastern Arctic and in Yellowknife. He served two terms at the Legislative Assembly and was elected as Speaker to the 9th Assembly in November 1979. As a Member of the Constitutional Alliance of the Northwest Territories, a group of representatives from the Indigenous governments, Indigenousled associations, and the Legislative Assembly, Mr...