Frieda Martselos
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Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 151)
Thank you, Madam Chair. Right from the beginning, I took the stand that I was going to vote against the carbon tax on Bill 60 because we had written submissions from the NWT Chamber of Commerce, you know, NWT Metis Nation. I've heard from at least six other Indigenous government leaders who are very much against the carbon tax, the NWT Seniors Society, and mostly all the residents of the NWT are against the carbon tax no matter where they live. It doesn't matter if they're from the Arctic or they're from the South Slave. All costs have gone up overall and there's a snowball effect. And there...
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 150)
Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Member for Hay River North, that Bill 76, An Act to Amend the Electoral Boundaries Act, be read for a second time.
Mr. Speaker, Bill 76 amends the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act to
Establish a Commission within two years of the 2023 general election;
Expand the size of the Commission;
Broaden the eligibility to serve as chairperson of the Commission;
Add geographic and place names to the relevant considerations of the Commission; and,
Modernize language, including by using genderneutral language.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 150)
Mr. Speaker, there are four positions within Aurora College that are currently being borrowed from Fort Smith. But they do not belong but they do belong to Fort Smith, and they must be returned as soon as possible.
Will the Minister commit to work with the newly appointed board of governors and return the four loaned college positions back to Fort Smith? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 150)
Mr. Speaker, if the new board of governors wanted to make a change of direction with where the college is going and say it was different from the college president and senior management wanted, how would that be resolved? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 150)
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, earlier this month, on March 6th, the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment announced the Members of the new Aurora College Board of governors. I was very pleased to hear the Minister's long-awaited announcement on this matter because I know that having a new board of governors for Aurora College is a vital step to advancing the transformation into a new polytechnic university.
Mr. Speaker, among the 13 appointees of this board, there are five people from the South Slave Region two Hay River residents, two Fort Smith residents, plus one student...
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 150)
Madam Chair, I would like very specific and precise answers and not waste my time for my questions. So I would appreciate that very much.
The other question I want to ask is, you know, we have NorthwesTel here as the main proponent in this settlement. And, you know, I've always been against monopolies because when you have a monopoly in business, you never try to give the best service. And that's usually what happens in business. And I think it's extremely important that we as a government start being more accountable and more transparent. And that's what we were trying to do.
You know, there's...
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 150)
I have to start over again now. Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, Bill 61, An Act to Amend the Ombud Act, received second reading in the Legislative Assembly on November 2nd, 2022, and was referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations for review.
The committee received eight written submissions and oral comments at a public review of this bill. Considering the valuable feedback received from stakeholders during the review period, the committee was pleased to see two proposed amendments concurred with by the sponsor of the bill at the committee's clausebyclause review.
As a...
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 150)
Madam Chair, I move that this committee recommends that the Government of the Northwest Territories, in consultation with the Board of Management, lead a wholistic review to examine and clarify the jurisdiction of each statutory officer of the Assembly to investigate
Other statutory officers of the Assembly;
Public bodies that exercise statutory authority on behalf of the executive; and
Public bodies that provide statutory advisory services to the executive.
And further, the review should identify areas of over and underlapping jurisdiction and make recommendations to address discrepancies based...