Frieda Martselos

Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to waive Rule 8.2(7) and have Bill 73 referred to Committee of the Whole for consideration later today. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Thursday, March the 9th, 2023, I will present Bill 76, An Act to Amend the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act, to be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just want to express my gratitude for the people at the wildlife and forest management, the capable staff there. And it's a territorial fire centre. The staff there are awesome, and they have really incredible working relationships with the Indigenous governments. And same with the ENR staff that are on the highway and throughout with Lands, I you know, I just want to ensure that the Minister knows that I'm very grateful for the staff at the local level, that whether they be territorial or at the regional level, it's you go into those offices and the help that I...

I would like to recognize Al Karasiuk, the principal of PWK High School, a constituent and a great friend of mine.

The other thing I want to talk about is, you know, a lot of the services seem to be more centralized now that we have Stanton. I'm just wondering if the specialists' visits to the regional centres will increase. It's much easier for a lot of our especially the large senior population that we have like in the community of Fort Smith. It'll be much easier if a specialist was able to come to the community on a regular basis rather than everybody travelling to Stanton here in Yellowknife. And I just want to see how the Minister feels about that. Thank you, Madam Chair.

I don't know how else to put it, but the thing that I'm trying to get is, you know, with the NWT board now having the full authority and the advisory boards that there's only a couple authorities three authorities the left in the Northwest Territories. Two in Yellowknife, I think it is, and one in Hay River. And maybe I don't know if Inuvik has an authority. But the rest are all advisory and they all belong to this NWT board. And since that happened, I'm told by the members of the advisory board in Fort Smith that they don't get monthly financial statements exactly where they stand. So I'm...

So maybe I should go to page 198 then regarding, Madam Chair, community clinics and health centres. The locations like, I'd like to know how much is allocated to the Fort Smith Health Centre? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Mr. Speaker, I move, second by the honourable Member for Nahendeh, that Bill 73, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 4, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, can the Minister explain why under the list of excluded emergencies, disaster coverage will not be eligible to people due to an extraordinary event that affected only a single property? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister of MACA explain why under the disaster assistance policy the term "disaster" is narrowly defined to those events that affects a large area or a large number of people from an extraordinary event? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.